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One of the most liberating aspects of Media
Studies, particularly at A Level, is the freedom it
can afford you to study a whole range of texts –
including those of your choosing that may strike
a particular chord, whether positive or negative.
If you are following any A Level course,
you certainly need to be able to demonstrate
an ability to refer to your own viewings and
interpretations of a range of broadcast media
– as well as those you may have studied in the
classroom. AQA’s MED 1: Reading the Media, for
example, demands an ability to provide a textual
analysis of an unseen media text – so using clips
from TV programmes, as well as other moving
image/print texts, is always sound exam practice.
MED 2: Textual Topics in Contemporary Media,
has the option of responding to questions
specifically on Film and Broadcast Fiction and it
is here that you can bring your own examples to
the exam table – allowing you to stand out from
the crowd and provide a response that differs
from the others in your centre (don’t forget that
your examiners mark your work in centre batches,
so it can become very tedious if students are
evidently relying solely on taught texts).
At A2, the need to be working towards a
position of ‘critical autonomy’ becomes even
more crucial if you are to be able to hit the higher
grade boundaries. MED 4: Texts and Contexts
in the Media, with its focus on a more in-depth
study of the Key Concepts, provides further
opportunities to ‘colour’ your exam responses
with current, relevant texts of your choice. At
MED 5, the Independent Study is the ideal
platform for you to explore and develop further
your own personal interest, whether it be in print,
moving image or new media technologies. So,
the ethos of this Awarding Body is clear – they
want you to be able to translate and utilise your
existing engagement with the media, in all its
guises, in order to become an independent,
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