Media Studies GCSE
Media Studies GCSE glossary
6 key terms for Media Studies GCSE, A to Z, each linked to the topic pages that use it.
D
- Digital Convergence and Participatory Culture
- Investigation into the shift from passive consumption to active prosumerism.Eduqas
M
- Media Industries
- Examination of ownership, funding, and regulation.Eduqas
- Media Language
- Analysis of visual, audio, and technical codes used to construct meaning.Eduqas
P
- Postmodernism and Intertextuality
- Analysis of how music videos utilize bricolage, pastiche, and hyperreality to construct meaning.Eduqas
R
- Representation
- The process by which media products re-present the real world.Eduqas
- Representation and Identity Politics
- Examination of how music media constructs versions of reality regarding gender, ethnicity, and social class.Eduqas
Where these terms come from
Each definition is one we publish on a Media Studies GCSE topic page or study guide. Open a term to see how each exam board words it and which topic it belongs to. For the full course, go to Media Studies revision or the glossary for every subject.
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