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• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
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SECTION A
The Media Theoretical Framework
1 Explain how social contexts can influence video games.
Use Animal Crossing: New Horizons in your answer. [5]
2 Analyse how the music video Million Reasons by Lady Gaga uses media language to create
meaning. [10]
3 Explain how technological developments in the film industry have influenced the production and
distribution of films.
Use Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to support your answer. [10]
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SECTION B
Long Form Television Drama
In this question use your knowledge and understanding from your full course of study, including
different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
Use examples from the set episode of the long form television drama you have studied to support your
answer.
Long Form Television Dramas
Mr. Robot: (season 1, episode 1)
Stranger Things: (season 1, episode 1)
Atypical: (season 1, episode 1)
Killing Eve: (season 1, episode 1)
4* ‘Long form television dramas must rely on genre codes and conventions to be successful.’
Discuss how far you agree with this statement in relation to the set episode you have studied.
In your answer you must:
• explain how long form television dramas use genre codes and conventions
• analyse how genre codes and conventions have influenced the set episode you have
studied
• use relevant academic ideas and arguments in your analysis
• make judgements and reach conclusions about how far you agree with the statement.
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SECTION C
News and Online Media
5* Study Source A and Source B in the Resource Booklet.
To what extent do Source A and Source B use stereotypes to influence audiences?
In your answer you must:
• analyse and compare the ways in which Source A and Source B use stereotypes to influence
audiences
• use relevant contexts and academic ideas and arguments in your analysis
• draw judgements and conclusions in relation to the question.
[15]
6 Explain how political and cultural contexts influence how newspapers categorise their audiences. Use The
Daily Telegraph to support your answer.
In your answer you must:
• consider relevant political and cultural contexts that influence how newspapers categorise their
audiences
• use your knowledge and understanding of relevant academic ideas and arguments
• use The Daily Telegraph to show how newspapers categorise their audiences.
[10]
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• the Resource Booklet
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INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be
clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
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• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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SECTION A
The Media Theoretical Framework
1 Explain how social contexts can influence video games.
Use Animal Crossing: New Horizons in your answer. [5]
2 Analyse how the music video Million Reasons by Lady Gaga uses media language to create
meaning. [10]
3 Explain how technological developments in the film industry have influenced the production and
distribution of films.
Use Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to support your answer. [10]
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SECTION B
Long Form Television Drama
In this question use your knowledge and understanding from your full course of study, including
different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
Use examples from the set episode of the long form television drama you have studied to support your
answer.
Long Form Television Dramas
Mr. Robot: (season 1, episode 1)
Stranger Things: (season 1, episode 1)
Atypical: (season 1, episode 1)
Killing Eve: (season 1, episode 1)
4* ‘Long form television dramas must rely on genre codes and conventions to be successful.’
Discuss how far you agree with this statement in relation to the set episode you have studied.
In your answer you must:
• explain how long form television dramas use genre codes and conventions
• analyse how genre codes and conventions have influenced the set episode you have
studied
• use relevant academic ideas and arguments in your analysis
• make judgements and reach conclusions about how far you agree with the statement.
[20]
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SECTION C
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5* Study Source A and Source B in the Resource Booklet.
To what extent do Source A and Source B use stereotypes to influence audiences?
In your answer you must:
• analyse and compare the ways in which Source A and Source B use stereotypes to influence
audiences
• use relevant contexts and academic ideas and arguments in your analysis
• draw judgements and conclusions in relation to the question.
[15]
6 Explain how political and cultural contexts influence how newspapers categorise their audiences. Use The
Daily Telegraph to support your answer.
In your answer you must:
• consider relevant political and cultural contexts that influence how newspapers categorise their
audiences
• use your knowledge and understanding of relevant academic ideas and arguments
• use The Daily Telegraph to show how newspapers categorise their audiences.
[10]
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