GCSE Media Studies

Advice for producing your own media text.

Research is one of the most important phases of any production.

The relationship between audiences and media texts is constantly evolving.

Ethnic, national or regional identity is reinforced or undermined by how it is represented in the media.

In media studies, representation is the way aspects of society, such as gender, age or ethnicity, are presented to audiences.

All media texts have narratives, whether they are a TV drama, a newspaper or a full length feature film.

Genre describes and categorises different types of media texts.

The computer and video games industry is one of the newest and most rapidly expanding media industries.

Film is one of the oldest media industries as well as a major global business making billions each year.