Product Description
DIGITAL - Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies Digital Teacher's Resource
Format: Digital
This digital teacher’s resource gives everything you need to help you plan and deliver your lessons with confidence. It supports lesson planning, encourages learner engagement and helps develop key skills across theory and practice.
With clear teaching plans, vocabulary support and activity ideas, you’ll be ready to guide learners at every level. Practical tools like reflection prompts, common misconceptions and digital materials help bring the subject to life - keeping your lessons focused, flexible, and effective.
Suitable for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607), for examination from 2028. Access your digital resource via Cambridge GO.
Features:
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Clear teaching plans break down topics, timings, and resources to support lesson planning.
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Background knowledge checklists help you identify and fill gaps in learners’ prior understanding.
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Unit overviews give you a clear starting point and help you quickly grasp each chapter’s focus and key ideas.
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Learning plans link coursebook content to learning goals, success criteria and assessment objectives.
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Our downloadable PowerPoints and worksheets save you time and help you deliver lessons with ease.
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Glossaries of key terms support you in explaining technical vocabulary clearly and confidently.
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‘Common misconceptions’ tables help you identify where learners typically go wrong and how to support them in moving forward.
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Starter ideas build interest and activate prior knowledge with engaging, real-world hooks.
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Main activity suggestions offer creative lesson ideas with guidance on differentiation and assessment.
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This publication is still in development, so the accessibility information is currently unknown. We aim for our publications to meet WCAG 2.2 AA. An updated accessibility summary will be provided once available.
Contents:
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Prelims
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Imprint
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Dedicated Teacher page
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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How to use this series
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How to use this book
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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 Media Text 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: website home pages
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6.7 Reflecting on a production
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Unit 7 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 Changing Media environments
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8.1 How and why do media environments change?
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8.2 Changes in media audiences
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8.3 Evolving media formats and industries
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8.4 Developing case studies for changing media environments
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Glossary
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Acknowledgements
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Index
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