Media Studies
Department Vision
The Bury Church Media student will become a critical and intelligent consumer of the mass media. Students will gain understanding of the media’s power to influence, shape and define our concepts of identity, reality and social values. Our students will reflect on their media consumption habits and understand the effects of these choices. Students will be both empowered and inspired to express themselves through construction of creative, original and thought-provoking media products.
Curriculum design
The Media Studies Curriculum is designed to help students understand the power that all mass media content has in forming knowledge and affecting the behaviour of society.
The Eduqas GCSE in Media Studies offers a broad, coherent and engaging course of study which enables learners to:
- Demonstrate skills of enquiry, critical thinking, decision-making and analysis
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of a range of important media issues
- Develop appreciation and critical understanding of the media and their role both historically and currently in society, culture and politics
- Understand and apply specialist subject-specific terminology to analyse and compare media products and the contexts in which they are produced and consumed in order to make informed arguments, reach substantiated judgements and draw conclusions about media issues
- Appreciate how theoretical understanding supports practice and practice supports theoretical understanding
- Develop practical skills by providing opportunities for creative media production.
Core Knowledge
Below is a document displaying the knowledge that we believe all KS4 students should embed within their long term memory in order to be successful in Media Studies. This list should be used to prioritise your revision before moving onto deeper knowledge within the curriculum.
Curriculum Plan
Staff/Context
- Mrs L Walker
