Exam Answers

EXAM DATES

  • Paper 1 (Key Media Concepts)
    • Friday May 22nd 2020 (2 Hours)
  • Paper 2 (Critical Perspective)
    • Monday June 8th 2020 (2 Hours)

WHAT’S IN EACH PAPER?

Paper 1

  1. Textual Analysis (50 marks)
    • TV Drama
  2. Audience and Institutions (50 marks)
    • The Music Industry

Paper 2

  1. Media Skills (25 marks). One question on one of the following:
    • Use of conventions from real media
    • Research and Planning
    • Digital Technology
    • Creativity
  2. Media Concepts (25 marks). One question on one of the following:
    • Media Language
    • Representation
    • Narrative
    • Audience
    • Genre
  3. Critical debates (50 marks). One question from a choice of two:
    • Postmodern Media

PAST PAPERS

Below are links to past exam papers for the two Media Studies exams!

Paper 1 – Key Media Concepts

Paper 2 – Critical Perspectives in Media

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

All Media Studies essays are marked using the following:

LEVEL DESCRIPTORS

GRADED ANSWERS FOR PAPER 1

Textual Analysis (TV Drama)

Fargo (Grade A)

Hustle (Grade B)

Merlin (Grade D/C)

Audience and Institutions (The Music Industry)

Cross Media Convergence & Synergy (Grade A)

Ownership (Grade D)

GRADED ANSWERS FOR PAPER 2

Skills

Conventions (A)

Research and Planning (B)

Use of Digital Technology (Grade D)

 

Concepts

Media Language (Grade A)

Representation (Grade B)

Audience (Grade C)

Narrative (Grade C)

Genre (Grade D)

Postmodern Media#

What makes a text postmodern (Grade A)

Definitions of Postmodernism (Grade B)

What is Postmodernism (Grade D)

What is Postmodernism (Grade E)