Level 3 Media Studies

Media Studies is about the analysis, creation, enjoyment, and awareness of the media and its products.  Media Studies examines the dynamic role of the media in society, how the media delivers messages about individuals, communities, histories, and cultures and how media products are constructed and controlled.

The course develops critical thinking skills and students learn to analyse how media products are constructed to make media entertaining, credible, and influential. The course is designed to open up student awareness to the power of the media, its omnipresence, and the overwhelming influence that it has in shaping opinion. 

The course is made up of a combination of internally and externally assessed Achievement Standards totalling up to 24 credits, with a significant written component in line with the requirements of an academic Level 3 course at Bayfield Highschool.