Product Description
DIGITAL - Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years)
Format: Digital
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.
Features:
Varied activities, from analysing camera movements to understanding music consumption over time, develop students’ analytical skills
Group discussion and project work on key topics enable students to develop collaborative and critical thinking skills
‘Think like a…’ feature brings the learning into a real-life context, encouraging students to imagine scenarios in real industry roles – from market research to electrical design
‘Take it Further’ feature expands the learning beyond the classroom, providing ideas for independent learning and research activities that deepen understanding
‘Key Vocabulary’ and ‘Key Concepts’ features provide definitions and context to new material
Progress checks at the end of each chapter encourage students to reflect on their learning
Guidance for structuring a written response helps prepare learners for the assessment
Written by expert authors and practicing teachers, with full syllabus coverage, so you can plan and teach with confidence
Contents:
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.
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