LINK TO PAST PAPERS ON TEAMS:
If you are not sure what a paper looks like, please take the time to go to this link and look through past papers.
FORMAT OF THE PAPER
Section A: Media Industries and Audiences
This section is about the relationship between Industries and Audiences (The clue is in the name) and will contain two question from the following possible areas:
FILM INDUSTRY
Question in this area are likely to focus on: Production, Distribution, Marketing and Audience response. As a minimum, you should have a clear sense of the impact of Media Ownership, Convergence, Globalisation, Regulation and contextual factors like Social, Political, Cultural, Historical, Economic and Technological contexts.
Ideally, take a look at the following ten questions. Plan your response to each question taking 5 to 10 minutes and then use chatgpt and the mark scheme to work on creating/revising content.
Chatham and Clarendon Media Studies Blog: FILM INDUSTRY: A FEW QUESTIONS
VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
As with the Film Industry, question in this area are likely to focus on: Production, Distribution, Marketing and Audience response. Again, as a minimum, you should have a clear sense of the impact of Media Ownership, Convergence, Globalisation and contextual factors like Social, Political, Cultural, Historical, Economic and Technological contexts.
Again, a good idea is to use chatgpt to help you plan and execute an essay and use the mark scheme to evaluate what you have created.
Chatham and Clarendon Media Studies Blog: VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY: A FEW QUESTIONS
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
This section is largely the same as the other two industry questions. They are still likely to focus on: Production, Distribution and Audience response. However, instead of marketing, you will need to know about the way that the Royal Charter demands that the BBC reach a diverse audience. Instead of Media Ownership you should know a little about the difference between Public Service and Commercial Broadcasting. You should have a clear sense of the impact of convergence and contextual factors like Social, Political, Cultural, Historical, Economic and Technological contexts.
As with the other two industries, a good idea is to use chatgpt to help you plan and execute an essay and use the mark scheme to evaluate what you have created.
Chatham and Clarendon Media Studies Blog: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: A FEW QUESTIONS
Questions 1 and 2, are both 15 markers. You should take about 2 - 3 minutes to plan and about 20 - 25 minutes to write your essay. Remember that the key is to:
- Answer the question in a clear and cohesive way. Use the language of the question throughout.
- Use specific and detailed evidence to support your answer.
- Analyse/Interpret your evidence in relation to the question. Say what it demonstrates.
Q3: Synoptic Question on Stranger Things and Deutschland 83.
In this question, you will need to cover a range of contexts and a range of theorists.
Apply a named theorist to the two unseen newspaper extracts. (You do not need to compare).
Start these questions by giving a brief outline of the theory and the messaging of the text. You also will be asked to consider this in relation to a particular context so remember:
Social Context - Issues that are happening now (usually ideas about gender, race, equality etc.)
Cultural Context - Issues that are about the way things have been done for a long time (and how that might be changing).
Political Context - Usually issues about the ideological bias of readers or newspapers. Do think about right wing vs left wing. Remind yourself about the political bias of different papers.
Historical Context - The toughest of all, but not if you think carefully about it. What is the messaging with regard to British history? Britain's place in the world? World history? If it is this, the historicity should not be hard to consider.
This is a 10 mark question. So you take around 2 minutes to plan and 15 minutes to write it.
Q2: Compare the two unseen extracts.
To prepare for these questions, give some time to looking through the PowerPoints on codes and conventions. You are most likely to be asked about:
How they construct versions of reality (apply Hall here if you can).
How they use codes and conventions.
How they construct viewpoints and ideologies.
How they present audience responses.
Or some combination of these.
This is a 15 mark question. So you should take around 3 to 5 minutes to plan and 20 to 22 minutes to write it.
Q3: This is a context question.
So far, these questions have all asked you to consider how context has impacted the relationship between newspapers and audiences. You will be asked to refer closely to The Daily Mail and The Guardian in your response.
Context here could be: social, cultural, historical, political, technological or economic.
This is a 10 mark question. So you take around 2 minutes to plan and 15 minutes to write it.
Q4: This is an evaluation question based on a choice between two theorists.
This is more difficult that the LFTVD question of the same type because the content of the question means you have to think carefully and independently. It is difficult to prepare for every possible question, but if you review your theorists regularly it should be within your grasp.
So far, content has included evaluations about audience, media ownership, social contexts, national and global audiences, online vs print, historical contexts, economic contexts.
This is a 10 mark question. So you take around 2 minutes to plan and 15 minutes to write it.
Section B: Media Language and Representation
This section will contain two question from the following possible areas:
MUSIC VIDEO
You may be asked to compare elements of your two music videos, but more likely you be given the chance to choose one. Alternatively you may be directed to one specifically. Question are likely to focus on: viewpoints and ideologies, representation, audience, genre conventions, promoting the artist.
ADVERTISING
This may be about one of the three adverts we have studied, it may be an unseen advert or it may be a comparison between an unseen and one that we have studied. Questions are likely to focus on: viewpoints and ideologies, representation, audience, genre conventions, intertextuality.
THE BIG ISSUE
So far, this has always been about an unseen cover. Questions are likely to focus on: viewpoints and ideologies, representation, audience, constructing meaning, positioning
Q 5: will be a 10 mark question. So you take around 2 minutes to plan and 15 minutes to write it.
Q 6: will be a 15 mark question. So you should take around 3 to 5 minutes to plan and 20 to 22 minutes to write it.
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