Suitable for students preparing for AQA AS Media Studies exams, this title features several individual sections that cover the key topics, including media language, audience, representation, film and broadcast fiction, and advertising and marketing. It also provides advice and support, and includes: activities, exam questions, and more.

"AS Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA" is the must-have, self-help resource for students preparing for AQA AS Media Studies exams. Individual sections cover the key topics including media language, audience, representation, film and broadcast fiction, and advertising and marketing amongst many many more. Written by experienced teachers and examiners, this excellent revision guide also provides invaluable advice and support and includes: activities; exam questions; worked examples; advice on how to approach the exam - using the reading time, note taking, planning an answer, ordering your ideas and writing your response; revision tips; and suggested resources. It also covers questions such as: Why do we have exams? What is AS level? What is AQA Media Studies? And how does the exam system work? Any student of media studies will find themselves armed and ready to tackle their course head on.

INTRODUCTION
1 - Introduction
What kind of student are you?
Getting the best from this book.
Why do we need exams?
Preparing for exams
What is AS level?
AQA Media Studies exams
2 - Revision
3 -- Resources
4 -- HELP!!!!
5 -- The exam system explained
Exams
What happens to your exam script when you have finished the exam?
Part 1: Unit 1 -- Reading the Media
Introduction
Preparing for AQA Unit 1
The Key Concepts
Using the Reading time
Note taking
Planning an answer
Ordering your ideas
Writing your response
Starting off
Your analysis and key concepts
Covering the Key Concepts in some detail
Media Language
Audience
Representation
Values and Ideology
Institutions
Evidence Learning
How much learning are you demonstrating?
How successfully are you integrating this learning?
Debating the point
What goes wrong in Unit 1?
Best Practice in Unit 1
Part II: Unit 2 - Textual Topics
1 - Introduction
2 - Film and Broadcast Fiction
3 - Documentary
4 - Advertising and Marketing
5 - British Newspapers
CONCLUSION
Appendices
Documentary - example of a completed grid
Advertising: Effects on Media Content -- example of a completed grid