AS media studies : the essential introduction for WJEC
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AS media studies : the essential introduction for WJEC
(The essentials series)
Routledge, 2011
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This full colour, highly illustrated textbook is designed to support students through their WJEC AS in Media Studies. Individual chapters cover the following key areas:
Textual Analysis: Visual, Technical and Audio codes
Textual Analysis: Narrative and Genre Codes
Approaches to Representation
Approaches to Audience Response
Case Studies on Representation and Audience: Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Identity, Events and Issues
Passing MS1: Media Representations and Receptions
Production Work, Evaluation and report
Specially designed to be user-friendly, AS Media Studies: The Essential Introduction for WJEC includes activities, key terms, case studies and sample exam questions. It introduces the course, tackles useful approaches to study, key content covered in the specification, and guides the student in approaching and planning the exam and production work through analysis, prompts and activities.
Table of Contents
@contents: Selected Contents: List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Aims and rationale How to use this book Part I Chapter 1 Textual Analysis: Visual, Technical and Audio codes Chapter 2 Textual Analysis: Narrative and Genre Codes Chapter 3 Approaches to Representation Chapter 4 Approaches to Audience Response Part II Chapter 5 Case Studies Gender Age Ethnicity Identity Events Issues Chapter 6 Passing MS1: Media Representations and Receptions Part III Chapter 7 Production Work, Evaluation and report Epilogue Index
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