Cambridge OCR
    Level 1/Level 2
    QN: 603/2069/2
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    Cambridge OCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Media Studies

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Cambridge OCR. Classified as a GCSE (9 to 1). Total guided learning hours: 120 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 1/Level 2
    Awarding Body
    Cambridge OCR
    Syllabus Units
    3 Units
    Guided Hours
    120 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Contexts: Cultural

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Contexts: Historical

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Contexts: Political

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Contexts: Social

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media audiences: Active audiences

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media audiences: Changing audience responses

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media audiences: Targeting audiences

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media audiences: Technologies

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media audiences: Uses and gratifications

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Convergence

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Funding

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Industries and audiences

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Media producers

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Media regulation

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media industries: Ownership and control

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Genre

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Intertextuality

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Media language and meaning

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Media language elements

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Narrative

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media language: Technology

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Inequality in representation

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Mediation

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Representation and audience

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Representation and context

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Stereotypes

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    Component 01 (Television and promoting media) — Media representations: Themes and ideologies

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Contexts: Cultural

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Contexts: Historical

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Contexts: Political

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Contexts: Social

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Active audiences

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Changing audience responses

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Marketing

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Target audience

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Technologies

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media audiences: Uses and gratifications

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Convergence

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Funding

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Globalised audiences

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Media producers

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Media regulation

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Ownership and control

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: Regulation and digital media

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media industries: The impact of media producers

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media language: Generic conventions

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media language: Intertextuality

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media language: Media language and meaning

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media language: Media language elements

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media language: Technology and media language

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Inequality in representation

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Mediation

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Representation and audience

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Representation and context

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Stereotypes

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    Component 02 (Music and news) — Media representations: Themes and ideologies

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media audiences: Active audiences

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media audiences: Target audience

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media audiences: Technologies

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media language: Generic conventions

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media language: Intertextuality

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media language: Media language and meaning

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media language: Media language elements

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media language: Technology and media language

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media representations: Mediation

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media representations: Selection

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media representations: Stereotypes

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    Component 03/04 (Creating media — NEA) — Media representations: Themes and ideologies

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    Contexts of Media — Cultural Context

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    Contexts of Media — Historical Context

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    Contexts of Media — Political Context

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    Contexts of Media — Social Context

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    The Theoretical Framework — Media audiences

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    The Theoretical Framework — Media industries

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    The Theoretical Framework — Media language

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    The Theoretical Framework — Media representations

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media audiences — Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media audiences — Theoretical perspectives on audiences, including active and passive audiences; audience response and audience interpretation

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media language — Fundamental principles of semiotic analysis, including denotation and connotation

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media language — Theoretical perspectives on genre, including principles of repetition and variation; the dynamic nature of genre; hybridity and intertextuality

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media language — Theories of narrative, including those derived from Propp

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media representations — Theoretical perspectives on gender and representation, including feminist approaches

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    Theoretical Perspectives: Media representations — Theoretical perspectives on representation, including processes of selection, construction and mediation

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    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/2069/2
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Cambridge OCR
    Qualification Type
    GCSE (9 to 1)
    Operational Start
    Sept 2017