Are you on Twitter?

Like any form of social media Twitter can be beneficial to your studies but also full of self indulgent updates that are worthless to you. As part of your media course there are a number of reasons why you MIGHT want to use twitter.

1. The chief examiner and principal examiners tweet links to useful case studies, provides tips for coursework and the exams.
2. Theorists whose work we analyse tweet new findings and theoretical perspectives.
3. You get first hand experience of how the internet and social networking is transforming media industries such as news, film and music, all of which are vital for our study of media in an online age.

Read this article from the Guardian about why twitter is important and beneficial http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/19/alan-rusbridger-twitter?CMP=twt_gu

So who is worth following for A level Media?

FOLLOW US @QEMEDIASTUDIES.

Check out who we follow... it might be of some us!!!!!

@julianmcdougall wrote the OCR textbook and he tends to use his tweets to send out useful links for the A2 exam in particular

@henryjenkins is the American academic who wrote 'Convergence Culture' and has done a lot of research on fans

@petesmediablog is the chief examiner - he doesn't say much but you might find other people he follows quite interesting!

Accessing Level 4 in Coursework

You must be aware that to access level 4 - the A/B grades - your blog must have over 50 posts in it and within those posts you must be constantly;

1. Reflecting on progress.
2. Reflecting on skills development.
3. Offering comparison of your work against real media products and suggesting how you can improve.
4. Gaining regular audience feedback and reflecting upon this suggesting how you can make improvements to your work.
5. Using a range of digital technology and ICT CREATIVELY.

Welcome

Welcome to the central hub for A/AS Media Studies.
Here you will find links to the unit blogs and general course information.