YEAR 13 MOCK EXAM DATES

    • February 14th – 18th 2022

FINAL, EXTERNAL EXAMS

  • Paper 1 – Wednesday 18th May 14.00 (Textual Analysis & The Music Industry)
  • Paper 2 – Tuesday 7th June 14.00 (Regulation, Postmodern Media & Media Ecology)

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

 

Media Ecology

To be completed