Analysis of the close study product, including genre and representation, to help you prepare for your AQA Media Studies exam.| Media Studies
Develop your understanding of the key concepts in identity by analysing this magazine cover featuring Billie Eilish.| Media Studies
What is the difference between a consumer and a fan? Find out in our introduction to fandoms and participatory culture.| Media Studies
A year ago, I wanted to work through a sort of definition of practice-based research for myself, and so I wrote a piece called ‘What is practice-based research?’, which was literally just for myself, and took the form of a conversation with myself about it. And then it seemed good enough to put here on this blog.| David Gauntlett
Do media texts have a powerful influence on our behaviour? Discover more with our introduction to Bandura's famous bobo doll experiment.| Media Studies
Our guides to representation will help you develop your understanding of the most important theories and key concepts for analysing media texts.| Media Studies
Read our guide to the cultivation theory, including definitions and examples of enculturation, mainstreaming, resonance and socialisation.| Media Studies
Learn how we use stereotypes to help shape our own identity with our guide to this important social theory.| Media Studies
Explore how gender is determined by society and our performance of those roles with our guide to Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble".| Media Studies
An introduction to the methods news organisations use to frame a story and influence the audience's opinion of important issues.| Media Studies
To what extent does mass media influence the audience and set the news agenda by controlling which stories should hit the headlines?| Media Studies
The Uses and Gratifications Theory attempts to explain why we deliberately choose to engage with certain texts and the gratifications they provide.| Media Studies