Exam Answers

EXAM DATES

  • Paper 1 (Media Texts and Contexts)
    • Friday 21st May 2021 (14.00 – 16.00 / 14.40 – 16.30)
  • Paper 2 (Critical Perspective)
    • Tuesday 8th June  2021 (14.00 – 16.00)

WHAT’S IN EACH PAPER?

Paper 1: Media Texts and Contexts

  1. Media Texts (25 marks)
    • TV Drama
  2. Media Contexts (25 marks)
    • The Music Industry

Paper 2: Critical Perspectives

  1. Media Debates (30 Marks)
    1. Postmodern Media
    2. Media & Power
  2. Media Ecology (30 Marks)

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*

*Please be aware we have no example of paper two as you will see it, except the exemplar. The ones in the folder will give you examples of the sorts of questions on Regulation & Postmodern Media.

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

All Media Studies essays are marked using the following:

GRADED ANSWERS FOR PAPER 1

Textual Analysis (TV Drama)

Fargo (Grade A/A*)

Hustle (Grade B)

Merlin (Grade D/C)

Audience and Institutions (The Music Industry)

Cross Media Convergence & Synergy (Grade A)

Digital Technology (Grade B)

Ownership (Grade D)

GRADED ANSWERS FOR PAPER 2

Postmodern Media

Define Postmodern Media (Grade A/A*)

Definitions of Postmodernism (Grade B)

What is Postmodernism (Grade D)

What is Postmodernism (Grade E)

Media Regulation

To be completed

Media Ecology

To be completed