Media study guides

A complete overview of the audiences area of the WJEC A-Level Media Studies theoretical framework. Covers the set theories: Bandura on media effects, Gerbner on cultivation, Hall on reception, Jenkins on fandom and Shirky on the end of audience, the passive-to-active spectrum, and how to apply them to the product and audience relationship in the exam.

A complete overview of the media industries area of the WJEC A-Level Media Studies theoretical framework. Covers the set theories: Curran and Seaton on power and ownership, Hesmondhalgh on the cultural industries, and Livingstone and Lunt on regulation, and how to apply them to set products and industry contexts in the exam.

A complete overview of the media language area of the WJEC A-Level Media Studies theoretical framework. Covers the five set theories: Barthes' semiotics, Todorov's narratology, Neale's genre theory, Levi-Strauss's structuralism and Baudrillard's postmodernism, and how to apply them to media products in the exam.

A complete overview of the representation area of the WJEC A-Level Media Studies theoretical framework. Covers the set theories: Hall on construction and stereotyping, Gauntlett on identity, van Zoonen and bell hooks on gender, Butler on performativity and Gilroy on ethnicity, and how to apply them to media products in the exam.