WHAT’S IN EACH PAPER?
Paper 1: Media Texts and Contexts (25%)
- Media Texts (25 marks)
- TV Drama
- Media Contexts (25 marks)
- The Music Industry
Paper 2: Critical Perspectives (25%)
- Media Debates
- Postmodern Media (15 Marks)
- Media Regulation (15 Marks)
- Media Ecology (30 Marks)
REVISION MAPS
Please find the assessment maps for all essays here.
You should use these documents as a guide to your exam preparation for each essay.
PAST PAPERS
Below are links to past exam papers for the two Media Studies exams!
Paper 2 – Critical Perspectives in Media*
*Please be aware we have only the exemplar specimen paper for Paper 2 and the 2021 example. The previous ones are for the ‘older’ spec. 2022 to be uploaded as soon as they have taken it.
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 2022
Media Ecology
To be completed 2022