Cambridge OCR GCSE Media Studies (J200) revision

Free interactive Media Studies revision for OCR GCSE, matched to the Cambridge OCR GCSE Media Studies (J200) specification.

Past papers for this specification

OCR GCSE Media Studies past papers 18 official documents · 2023-2025

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What the specification covers

MEDIA_LANGUAGE Media Language

MEDIA_REPRESENTATIONS Media Representations

MEDIA_INDUSTRIES Media Industries

MEDIA_AUDIENCES Media Audiences

CONTEXTS_OF_MEDIA Contexts of Media — a genuinely separate fifth topic (OCR-specific structure, not folded into the four framework areas like AQA)

VOCABULARY_GLOSSARY Appendix 5d — Glossary of Terms from the Specification Content

SET_PRODUCT.VIGIL Component 01, Section A — Vigil (Series 1, Episode 1, BBC One, 29 August 2021)

SET_PRODUCT.THE_OBSERVER Component 02, Section B — The Observer (newspaper AND online/social)

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The topic list above is the specification itself, not our summary of it. Work down it and mark every topic you could not explain to someone else: that is your revision plan for Media Studies.

The past papers for this specification are already here, and they are the most useful thing on the site until the activities land. Try one question, then look up what you could not do.

AQA GCSE Media Studies (8572) already has 7 interactive activities. The exam board differs, but the content overlaps heavily, so they are worth using while this one is written.

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