Essential Essays for A Level Media: Component 2 Eduqas

By Mark Dixon

Essential Essays for A Level Media provides a comprehensive set of exemplar essays to help students revise and prepare for Component 2 of the Media Studies Eduqas A Level specification. Covering all three sections of paper 2, the book contains sample responses for language, representation, audience and industry questions.

All set text options for component 2 are covered.

Each chapter includes:

- Practical tasks designed to help students plan and research their own responses to a bank of Component 2 questions.
- 24 exemplar essays written to A* standard.
- Examiner commentary that outlines the techniques used to gain premium grades in exemplar work.
- Take it Further Activities designed to help students revise essential knowledge and to apply techniques to develop their own essay writing responses.
- Classroom ready worksheets that teachers can use to help their students gain premium grades.

Mark Dixon has worked as a senior Eduqas GCE A Level examiner and is Head of Games, Media and Film at Durham Sixth Form Centre. He is also a freelance author, having written for The Guardian, Times Educational Supplement, Media Magazine and Teach Secondary as well as authoring a range of digital resources for Eduqas. He is also author of Media Theory for A Level and Essential Revision for A Level Film Studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1066939217
• ISBN13: 9781066939213
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Essential Education UK
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"