PSEB SS Media Studies study plan

Define the scope of Media Studies as a discipline and distinguish it from journalism, film appreciation, and mass communication practice

Map the PSEB Senior Secondary Media Studies syllabus into five clusters: theory and models, media language and forms, production and technology, audiences and effects, and media in society

Build a personal glossary of 30 core terms (medium, mediation, code, convention, genre, institution, audience, representation) with a one-line definition each

Identify which syllabus clusters carry the most content weight and allocate remaining study weeks proportionally

Explain the transmission, ritual, and reception models of communication and state one limitation of each

Trace the historical development of media from print through broadcast to networked digital media, naming the key enabling technology at each stage

Compare mass media with interpersonal and group communication on reach, feedback, cost, and regulation

Write a 150-word comparison of two models applied to a single news event

Analyse how media texts use technical codes (camera, lighting, sound, layout) and symbolic codes (colour, gesture, setting) to create meaning

Distinguish denotation from connotation and apply both to three different media texts

Explain genre conventions and how genres evolve through hybridisation and parody

Deconstruct one advertisement or film sequence identifying at least eight specific codes and their intended effects

Define representation and explain how media construct rather than simply reflect reality

Evaluate how gender, class, age, ethnicity, and region are represented across news, advertising, and entertainment

Apply at least two theoretical lenses (for example stereotype analysis and counter-typing) to the same text

Identify three concrete examples of under-representation or stereotyping in Indian media and describe the effect on audiences

Summarise the main audience theories: hypodermic needle, two-step flow, uses and gratifications, cultivation, and encoding-decoding

Explain how audience measurement and ratings work and why the metric shapes content

Distinguish active-audience from passive-audience assumptions and give evidence for each position

Match five real audience behaviours to the theory that best explains them

Describe the production workflow from commissioning and scripting through shooting, editing, and distribution

Outline the roles in a production team and the responsibilities of each

Explain basic media law and ethics relevant to the syllabus: defamation, privacy, copyright, obscenity, and the role of press councils

Compare the regulatory environment for print, broadcast, film certification, and online media

Analyse the economic structure of media industries, including advertising funding, ownership concentration, and cross-media integration

Explain the effects of digital disruption on newspapers, television, and music

Assess the impact of social media on news production, misinformation, and public debate

Discuss media literacy as a defence against manipulation, naming three practical verification techniques

Consolidate all five clusters into a single revision sheet linking theories to texts and examples

Answer three full-length practice questions under timed conditions and self-mark against the syllabus descriptors

Review and correct every glossary and case-study error logged during weeks one to seven

Rehearse the four highest-frequency question types until each can be answered in outline within five minutes