AS and A Level Media Studies: What is the focus of the NEA assessment?

The Assessment Objective for the NEA component for A Level Media Studies is about the creation of media products ‘for an intended audience, by applying knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework of media to communicate meaning’.

What this means is that the focus of assessment is on how student production work demonstrates understanding of the concepts that make up the theoretical framework such as media language and representation.

More information about assessing the NEA work for Media Studies can be found on Teach Cambridge. We have also developed a free e-learning course to support assessment of the NEA in A Level Media Studies.  This can be accessed by logging in to My Cambridge and selecting OCR Train.