Aaron French - My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9–1) Media Studies

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Everyone has to decide his or her own revision strategy, but it is essential to review your work, learn it and test your understanding. These Revision Notes will help you to do that in a planned way, topic by topic. Use this book as the cornerstone of your revision and dont hesitate to write in it personalise your notes and check your progress by ticking off each section as you revise.

Exam tips

Exam tips are given throughout the book to help you polish your exam technique in order to maximise your chances in the exam.

Key terms

A number of key terms are used and defined for you as you work through this guide. Make sure you learn them so that you can use the terms accurately and precisely in the exams in order to gain top marks.

How to use theory

Examiners will expect you to be able to use some theories, such as Blumler and Katzs Uses and Gratifications theory and Propps theory of narrative. This guide shows you how and where to apply theory.

Revision activities

These activities will help you to understand each topic in an interactive way.

Exam practice, sample answers and assessment comments

Practice questions are provided for exam questions, together with some sample answers and assessment comments. Use these to consolidate your revision and practise your exam skills.

Now test yourself

These short, knowledge-based questions are the first step in testing your learning. Answers are at the back of the book.

How to prepare for the exam

These sections are summaries of how to revise for each topic.

The theoretical framework

You have learned how to analyse media products by using the following four areas of the theoretical framework: