This is a Targeted Close Study Product. You will need to focus on the following areas of the
Theoretical Framework:
Media Language
Media Representations
Tatler is a monthly upmarket lifestyle/consumer magazine, published by Condé Nast, which offers some clear contrasts with Heat. It is aimed at a very specific audience.
This is a Targeted Close Study Product for which you will need to focus on the following areas of
the Theoretical Framework:
Media Language
Media Representations
This is the updated Tatler copy for exams 2023 onwards
This is a Targeted Close Study Product. You will need to focus on the following areas of the Theoretical Framework:
Media Audiences
Media Industries
You will need to make explicit comparisons with your other music video CSP:
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Arctic Monkeys).
Blackpink was formed in 2016 by Korean entertainment company YG Entertainment and by 2020 was one of the most successful K-Pop bands in the world. As of 2021, the band was the mostfollowed girl group on Spotify and the most-subscribed music group, female act, and Asian act on YouTube. This 2020 video promoted the lead single from Blackpink’s first Korean-language studio album, The Album. The video, released on 26th June 2020, was premiered on Blackpink’s YouTube channel at the same time as the single was released. The video broke many YouTube records, including most-watched premiere (1.66 million concurrent viewers), most views within 24 hours for a music video (86 million views) and fastest video to achieve 100 million, 200 million and 600 million views. It was the 3rd most viewed music video of 2020. As of March 2021, the video had over 800 million views and had achieved over 19 million ‘likes’. The video’s release was preceded by a series of teasers on the band’s social media accounts (including posters, photos focusing on individual band members and videos) and a reality show (24/365 with Blackpink, available on YouTube). A “dance performance” video including the choreography for the music
video was released in July 2020; by March 2021 this had achieved over 600 million views and was placed in the top 20 videos of the year by Billboard magazine.
This product provides a range of opportunities to study convergence between media industries, the
role of music video in reaching audiences and the relationship between producers, audiences and
platforms. It also offers the opportunity to consider the global nature of media audiences and industries.
You will need to look at how the official music video is designed to target a range of audiences as well as examining how it was distributed. Theories of uses and gratifications should be considered as well as broader issues about globalisation, cultural imperialism, and the changing nature of music videos as a media form.
This includes resources to cover all the key areas for this topic.
AQA: This is a Targeted Close Study product for which you will need to focus on the following areas of the Theoretical Framework:
Media Industries
Media Audiences
You will need to listen to excerpts from the broadcast but the main focus will be the technological development of radio as an institution.
Selection Criteria
Radio. War of the Worlds is an early example of a hybrid radio form, adapting the H.G Welles story using news and documentary conventions. The broadcast and the initial response to it has historical significance as an early, documented, example of the mass media apparently having a direct effect on an audience’s behaviour. The academic research carried out into the broadcast (and the ongoing dispute about the extent of the effect) provided some of the early media audience research and the findings have been extremely influential in the media, advertising and political campaigning.
A useful overview and discussion of the context can be found here (not part of the CSP for assessment):
New for 2023
This is an in-depth CSP and needs to be studied with reference to all four elements of the Theoretical Framework (Language, Representation, Industries, Audience) and all relevant contexts.
Marcus Rashford is a professional Premier League and international footballer who has been widely praised for his very effective use of social media. His official website deals with his football career and his social campaigning/charity
work. He also has a second website devoted to Fareshare:
New for 2023
Product: Kiss Breakfast on KISS Radio
Radio This is a Targeted Close Study Product. You will need to focus on the following areas of the Theoretical Framework: Media Industries Media Audiences
You will need to listen to excerpts from ‘Kiss Breakfast’ on KISS but the main focus of your study should be an investigation of KISS as an example of modern trends and developments in radio, especially the radio sector that caters for the music tastes of the 15–34 audience.
KISS is part of Bauer Radio, a subsidiary of the Bauer Media Group (BMG). This multinational cross-media group owns numerous magazine and radio brands but also has interests in digital media, TV streaming and event organisation, mostly linked to its radio and magazine properties.
The KISS Network is made up of KISS, KISSTORY and KISS Fresh. Each of these targets its own audience within the 15–34 age group with different styles and types of content. All three are available on a number of different platforms, but the range is not the same for each one of the brands. All are available on the KISS website and the KISS Kube app, but only KISS is available on FM radio. Only KISS and KISSTORY can be received on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting).You will need to listen to short extracts from ‘Kiss Breakfast’ to understand how KISS differentiates itself from other KISS radio brands and other music radio stations within and outside BMG.
Full lessons and tasks on:
Film – Blinded by the Light: (Gurinder Chadha, UK, 2019)
This is a Targeted Close Study product for which you will need to focus on the following areas of the Theoretical Framework:
• Media Industries
Students are not required to watch the film for the assessment
Film: Blinded by the Light is an example of low-medium budget film making. Students do not need to watch the film but will need to be familiar with the production context and distribution materials including:
o website(BenditNetworks) o website(Warners)
o posters
o trailer
osocialmediapresence(twitter,Instagram,facebooketc). The film should only be studied in relation to Media Industries.
This is an in-depth CSP and needs to be studied with reference to all four elements of the theoretical framework (Language, Representation, Industries, Audience) and all relevant contexts.
Here are all lessons with model answers written by me and also interactive tasks to help your A level media students excel in this topic.
**106 slides with resources and lessons for The Voice-Online website
This is an in-depth CSP and needs to be studied with reference to all four elements of the theoretical framework (Language, Representation, Industries, Audience) and all relevant contexts.
Selection Criteria
Online, social and participatory – news website, produced by and targeting a minority group.
includes all links, model answers and also complete lessons. This is not a PP which you just read through but interactive and engages students in their own learning. The exam board provides a fact sheet and my lessons aren’t based on that. The students should use the fact sheet as an aide memoire. The info on each slide is animated which may/may not appear on your download, but is an easy fix to add. All video links and websites are added in ‘notes’.
This is an AQA A level media studies TV close study product which pairs with Deutschland 83. Lots of tasks and info to cover all the areas of the theoretical framework to help you deliver this topic confidently. Also, moving image clips included for analysis.
Full set of lessons to help teachers deliver this A level media studies TV close study product. These aren’t just dull, dry slides of info to bore sudents into submission like some Powerpoints are, but packed full of student tasks, model answers and engaging lessons. I have included moving clips of the programme for analysis, and all links used included too.
–MEDIA IN THE ONLINE AGE
A Level Component 2:
Media Forms
and Products in Depth.
Subject Content Focus Area:
• Media language
• Representation
• Media industries
• Audiences
For exams from 2024 onwards:
75 slides with past questions and model answers to help you deliver Woman’s Hour Radio topic Component 1 Section B A Level media studies Eduqas. Industries, Audiences and Contexts focus.
All video links are in ‘notes’
I have added ‘animations’ so that the relevant information appears in order. You may need to add these to the download.
All lessons, model answers to ensure great delivery of this topic.
Component 2, Section C: Media in the Online Age
Focus areas:
◊ Media language
◊ Representation
◊ Media industries
◊ Media audiences
◊ Media contexts
Product context
THIIIRD is an independent fashion, arts
and culture magazine, available in print
and online, with its own podcast and
seasonal events series. It offers an inclusive