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GCE A Level in Media Studies

at Ark Putney Academy, London · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2022see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

All information is ‘mediated’ to us through newspapers, magazines, internet sites, television, radio and film. If we don’t we don’t understand how to ‘read’ the media we will never be able to understand how that information is being CONTROLLED and COMMUNICATED. Media Literacy is essential in the 21st Century e get excited, we get angry, we laugh and we cry – BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA We get sound bite politics – BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA We panic about vaccines, medicines, food, drink, health – BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA We know what music to buy, what clothes to wear, what technology is being produced– BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA

What you need to get on

GCSE English Grade 6

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • ARK Putney Academy

    Pullman Gardens, London, SW15 3DG

    DaytimeClassroom based
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