3. Media Studies to 2008
• Traditional exam- textual analysis (AS 15%)
• Short answer and essay exam- audiences and
institutions (AS 15%)
• Production coursework/evaluation (AS 20%)
• Research exam (A2 15%)
• Media Debates exam (A2 15%)- topics like
‘Magazines and Gender’, ‘Film Censorship’, ‘Soap
Opera’, ‘Broadcast News’, ‘Film Genre’
• Production coursework/evaluation (A2 20%)
4. New Specification
• Textual analysis/institutions and audiences exam (AS
25%)
• Foundation portfolio (AS 25%)
• Advanced portfolio coursework (A2 25%)
• Critical Perspectives exam (A2 25%)
• Stretch and challenge and more ‘theory’ at A2
5. Demands of new spec
• Coursework research and planning to be presented
digitally (10% of whole A level)
• Digital ‘creative’ evaluation for each coursework task
(10%)
• Greater expectations of production work
• A2 exam includes critical reflection on production
work (two essays,12.5%)
• A2 topic choices: WeMedia, Media in the Online Age,
Postmodernism, Collective Identity, Global Media,
Regulation (essay, 12.5%)
6. What does it look like?
• http://www.latymermusiccharlotteameliahollylaura.blogspot.com/
• http://twgsbmedia10asgroup6.blogspot.com/
• http://cmdiplomayasmin.blogspot.com/
• http://www.wix.com/DEMENTEDPICS/Demented-Pics-2
• http://laurengemmella2evaluation.blogspot.com/
7. Research so far
• analysis of A2 exam and AS/A2
coursework submissions
• e-community responses from teachers
• ‘A level Island’ drawings
8. analysis
• Students very reluctant to write in an
exam about their own experience
• 40% of answers on collective Identity,
18% on Online age, 3% on WeMedia
• Coursework: blogging-60% of
candidates, 40% using powerpoint
• Many evaluations entirely written text
9. “In the evaluation we get them to submit a range of
different sections using different technology, photos,
video diaries, annotated you tube videos. I was very
cynical about blogging and after 2 years and savvy NQT's
I am a convert. The experience is so much more
engaging and real than the paper gathering exercise of
old!”- Mel
“Students can access each others' blogs through the
links on our blogs, and that means we can share good
practice amongst them. We've found it all works well,
although we're lucky I think in that we've persuaded our
college to allow students access to blogger in the Media
classrooms”. -Marion
E-community comments
11. Issues
• teacher technophobia
• reluctance to jettison essay from
coursework
• lack of adequate IT provision
• web ‘filtering’ issues
• low teacher expectations of production
work
