Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years)

This series supports the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607).

Ian Marshall (Author), Nicola Naisbett (Author), Tina Stoklosa (Author)

9781009262248, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 13 July 2023

300 pages
27.3 x 21.8 x 1 cm, 0.6 kg

This series supports the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607). Media shapes our understanding of the world. Enable your learners to develop a critical understanding of international media as they explore this vast and varied field, from production processes and technologies to media power and regulation. With a skills-based approach, the coursebook with digital access guides learners through activities of progressive complexity as they develop essential critical and analytical skills. Suitable for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607), for examination from 2024. Written by expert authors and practising teachers, the coursebook provides full syllabus coverage so you can teach with confidence.

Unit 1 Introduction to Media: 1.1 What is Media?
1.2 Media and your life
Unit 2 Media Language - Micro elements: 2.1 Semiotics
2.2 Shots, Angles, Movement, composition
2.3 Sound
2.4 Mise-en-scène
2.5 Editing
Unit 3 Media Language - Macro elements: 3.1 Genre
3.2 Narrative
3.3 Representation
Unit 4 Textual Analysis: 4.1 What is media text analysis?
4.2 Reading media texts
4.3 Writing about media texts
Unit 5 Media contexts: 5.1 Media forms and platforms
5.2 Media institutions
5.3 Media audiences
5.4 Developing case studies
5.5 Using case studies
Unit 6 Media Production - AS and A level portfolios: 6.1 Preparing for production
6.2 Researching a production
6.3 Planning a production
6.4 Developing skills: film/video
6.5 Developing skills: print
6.6 Developing skills: social media
6.7 Reflecting on a production
Unit7 Media Debates: 7.1 Regulation
7.2 Postmodernism
7.3 Power and the media
Unit 8 Media Ecology: 8.1 What is media ecology
8.2 Evolving media environments
8.3 Developing case studies for media ecology
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Educational: Vocational subjects [YQY]