Specification at a glance
This
qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all
their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.
Subject content
Assessments
Media One |
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What's assessed
Section A will focus on Media Language and Media
Representations. Questions in this section can test any two of the following forms:- magazines
- advertising and marketing
- newspapers
- online, social and participatory media and video games.
Section B will focus on Media Industries and Media
Audiences. Questions in this section can test any two of the following forms:- radio
- music video
- newspapers
- online, social and participatory media and video games
- film (industries only).
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How it's assessed - Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 84 marks
- 35% of GCSE
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Questions - A range of questions relating to an unseen source and Close Study Products.
- An extended response question (20 marks).
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Media Two |
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What's assessed Section A will be based on a screening from an extract of one of the television Close Study Products and can test any area of the theoretical framework. Section B will be based on either newspapers or online, social and participatory media and video games and can test any area of the framework. |
How it's assessed - Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 84 marks
- 35% of GCSE
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Questions - Short, medium and extended response questions assessing depth of knowledge and understanding of the course.
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Non-exam assessment: creating a media product |
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What's assessed - Application of knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework.
- Ability to create media products.
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How it's assessed - A choice of one of five annually changing briefs, set by AQA.
- 60 marks
- 30% of GCSE
- Assessed by teachers
- Moderated by AQA.
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Tasks Students produce: - a statement of intent
- a media product for an intended audience.
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