Introduction -- 1. The theoretical framework and analysis -- Introduction to the theoretical framework -- The contexts of the media -- Analyzing media products -- 2. Media Language -- The construction of media products -- Codes and conventions -- Varieties of code: Technical codes -- Varieties of code: Symbolic codes -- Varieties of code: Verbal and non-verbal codes -- Genre -- Narrative theory -- Technology and media products -- 3. Media Representations -- Re-presenting the world: Truthfulness and realism -- Choices within representation -- Representation of reality -- Representing people -- Viewpoints, values and beliefs, and the significance of representations -- Misrepresentation -- Social, historical, political and cultural contexts -- Audience interpretation -- 4. Media Industries -- Ownership and Media Industries 1 -- Ownership and Media Industries 2 -- Convergence -- Funding and commercial industries 1 -- Funding and commercial industries 2 -- Production processes, job roles and working practices -- Regulation -- Digital technologies and media regulation -- 5. Media Audiences -- Audience theories and audience interpretations 1 -- Audience theories and audience interpretations 2 -- Audience theories and audience interpretations 3 -- Categorising audiences -- Targeting a range of audiences 1 -- Targeting a range of audiences 2 -- Technologies and measuring audiences -- Social, historical, political and cultural contexts -- Audience's media practices and audience responses -- 6. Analysis -- Analysing unseen products -- Analysing Close Study Products -- 7. Revising the CSPs -- Targeted products: Media Language and Media Representations -- Target products: Media Industries and Media Audiences -- In-depth products: All four areas of the theoretical framework -- 8. Exam practice and techniques -- Exam techniques and preparing for exams -- Summary -- Index.
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