Exam Questions

Hi Owen,

I spent some time last year collating questions from previous years for the Connected Learning Hub:

Short Answer:

• Analyse how media construct perceptions of an issue.

• Analyse how a particular point of view is created.

• Analyse how values have shaped the representation of a subculture.

• Discuss how selection processes can construct a representation of an issue.

• Analyse the construction of realism in fictional narratives.

• Discuss the impact of technologies on popular media.

• Analyse how immediacy and global access affect the production of media work.

• Describe how the representations in the media work you studied can be linked to the values of mainstream and/or sub-cultural audiences.

• Discuss the persuasive techniques used by the producers of at least one of the stimulus texts to position audiences to receive preferred meanings.

• With reference to at least one of the stimulus texts, identify the codes and conventions used to construct a narrative.

• Consider the impact of social context on at least one of the stimulus texts.

• Discuss how the construction of at least one of the stimulus texts meets the expectation of the audience in terms of genre conventions.

• Explore how production constraints have influenced the construction of narrative with reference to at least one of the stimulus texts.

• Consider how elements of mise en scene have been selected to construct representations.

• Provide an alternative reading of a text.

• Analyse the representation of gender.

• Analyse the use of audio.

• Analyse the impact of setting

• Discuss how selection, emphasis or omission are used for effect

• Discuss how media aesthetics are constructed.

• Discuss how media work is used to make a social or political comment.

• Analyse how an ideology has been reinforced.

• Analyse how media work challenges audience values

• Analyse the use of symbolic codes

• Analyse the impact of media trends.

• Analyse representation in media work.

• Analyse how media work is a reflection of the time in which it is produced.

• Discuss how an audience makes meaning of media work.

• Discuss the use of persuasive techniques in media work.

• Analyse how media work can be used to challenge representations.

• Analyse the purpose of a media work.

• Discuss how conventions can be used to appeal to an audience.

• Discuss the impact of media trends.

• Analyse how the context of an audience can affect the interpretation of a media work.

• Analyse how point of view is constructed.

• Analyse how producers work within constraints.

• Discuss how codes are used to challenge an audience.

• Discuss the representation of values.

Extended Response:

• How do cultural contexts and audiences work together to make meaning?

• Discuss the impact of current media trends on society and the controls and constraints placed on the producers of your chosen media work.

• Explain how the representation of an issue can reinforce or challenge audience perceptions.

• What is media art and how are contemporary audiences able to interpret it?

• Discuss how selection processes can affect the representation of values in media work.

• Analyse how the changing values of society shape representations in media work.

• Analyse and compare representations in media work produced for different audiences.

• Analyse how narrative conventions are used in journalistic media work to represent social/political issues.

• Analyse how selection processes (including sources of information, style, selection, omission and emphasis) construct representations in media works.

• Discuss the link between stars and celebrities to value systems and the impact on audiences.

• Representations are strongly influenced by the context in which a media product is produced. Discuss and analyse the extent to which these representations are shaped by the cultural context in one or media texts you have studied this year.

• Audiences are positioned by the producers of media texts to receive preferred meanings. Discuss how the construction of a text you have studied this year positions the audience to adopt a particular point of view.

• Discuss how various controls and constraints can impact the producers of media texts. Consider the impact of financial concerns, ethical concerns and formal controls such as censorship and the ratings/classification process. Justify your response with reference to at least one media text you have studied this year.

• Discuss how media texts are shaped by their cultural contexts.

• Discuss how media texts use representations to convey meanings to an audience.

• “Representations can reveal a great deal about the attitudes and values of the society that produced them”. Discuss your understanding of this statement with reference to media works you have studied.

• Discuss the artistic benefit of manipulating chronological order in media work.

• Discuss how media work is shaped by its audience and production context.

• Analyse the issues faced by non-commercial media producers in attempting to reach a mainstream audience.

• Discuss how producers of media work use personal expression to communicate their own values.

• Analyse how the representation of a particular group is impacted by the context in which it is produced.

• Analyse how media theories are used to understand audience interpretations.

• Evaluate how cultural influences have contributed to changes in media aesthetics

• Evaluate the use of stereotypes in media and the danger of their naturalisation.

• Evaluate how media trends influence the use of persuasive techniques.

• Analyse the pressures on institutions or independents in the production of media work.

• Explore the interrelationship between media and audience and how meaning is created.

• Analyse how media work influences audiences to change their perception of a topic.

• Evaluate the impact of media trends on the construction of aesthetics in media work.

• Examine the effect that propaganda and agenda-setting have on media content

• Analyse how a producer uses media work for the purpose of personal expression.

• Evaluate the role of independent media in offering cultural benefits to intended audiences.

• Analyse how an auteur applies codes and conventions to create media art.

• Discuss how narrative structure is manipulated to meet the expectations of a niche audience.

• Evaluate the use of stereotypes to support or challenge audience values and attitudes.

• Discuss how commercial and non-commercial media are constructed to make comment on society.

Kind Regards,

Madeline Abbott