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:
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Varied activities, from analysing camera movements to understanding music consumption over time, develop students’ analytical skills
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Group discussion and project work on key topics enable students to develop collaborative and critical thinking skills
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‘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
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‘Take it Further’ feature expands the learning beyond the classroom, providing ideas for independent learning and research activities that deepen understanding
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‘Key Vocabulary’ and ‘Key Concepts’ features provide definitions and context to new material
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Progress checks at the end of each chapter encourage students to reflect on their learning
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Guidance for structuring a written response helps prepare learners for the assessment
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Written by expert authors and practicing teachers, with full syllabus coverage, so you can plan and teach with confidence
Contents:
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Unit 1 Introduction to Media:
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1.1 What is Media?
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1.2 Media and your life
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Unit 2 Media Language - Micro elements:
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2.1 Semiotics
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2.2 Shots, Angles, Movement, composition
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2.3 Sound
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2.4 Mise-en-scène
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2.5 Editing
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Unit 3 Media Language - Macro elements:
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3.1 Genre
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3.2 Narrative
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3.3 Representation
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Unit 4 Textual Analysis:
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4.1 What is media text analysis?
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4.2 Reading media texts
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4.3 Writing about media texts
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Unit 5 Media contexts:
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5.1 Media forms and platforms
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5.2 Media institutions
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5.3 Media audiences
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5.4 Developing case studies
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5.5 Using case studies
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Unit 6 Media Production - AS and A level portfolios:
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6.1 Preparing for production
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6.2 Researching a production
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6.3 Planning a production
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6.4 Developing skills: film/video
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6.5 Developing skills: print
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6.6 Developing skills: social media
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6.7 Reflecting on a production
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Unit7 Media Debates:
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7.1 Regulation
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7.2 Postmodernism
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7.3 Power and the media
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Unit 8 Media Ecology:
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8.1 What is media ecology
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8.2 Evolving media environments
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8.3 Developing case studies for media ecology
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Glossary
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Index.
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