There is so much to cover in all of the AQA Close Study Products for 2019 and so many possible directions and hypotheses that could be seized on, that in these Units I can only offer a starting point for the more detailed individual research and analysis required of you by AQA. Remember, the work on these Close Study Products is about YOUR ideas and YOUR research. In these lessons I offer guidance and strategies for you to start to apply your acquired learning and understanding of the theoretical models from the rest of the Media course.
You need to explore similar products from the period - especially in the run up to the examination. If you do this, you should ensure your ideas and analysis are as contemporary and as wide ranging and thorough as possible. A lot can happen in the next year or so - keep up to date with these.
Zoella is a lifestyle/celebrity magazine which offers some clear contrasts with Tatler.
It is aimed at a very specific audience and “for many students these are products they would not normally engage with” (AQA Guidance to Teachers)
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Edusites investigates the role and manipulation of media language and the representations of CSPs such as Zoella, Kim Kardashian and Women Hour. In these resources, we investigate topics for analysis including audience and institutional issues such as genre, branding, regulation. We ask the question, how does the media create or represent attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs?
Edusites investigates the role and manipulation of media language and the representations of CSPs such as Zoella, Kim Kardashian and Women Hour. In these resources, we investigate topics for analysis including audience and institutional issues such as genre, branding, regulation. We ask the question, how does the media create or represent attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs?
Edusites cover a wide selection of AQA GCSE Media Studies specified Close Study Products for 2019 examination. The study of the media for GCSE involves a solid understanding of how the media industry and its range of institutions construct media products that communicate messages to their audiences about the world we live in and our place within it.
