AQA GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide - Revised Edition

Consider this longer-answer question example, from the rst sample AQA Media One paper, where the focus is on audiences : How are print newspapers constructed to address their target audiences ? In your answer you should refer to the Daily Mirror . [9 marks] Notice that although the question refers in general to ‘print newspapers ’, you are also told exactly which CSP to refer to. This means that you are expected to use this one example of a newspaper to illustrate points about newspapers in general. For example, you could make a general point that newspapers use speci c styles of vocabulary and lengths of sentences to suit the preferences of their target audiences , and could then refer to the short and punchy sentences in your CSP edition of the Daily Mirror , and how these are suitable for the target demographic of that newspaper . Media Two Media Two focuses speci cally on the in-depth CSPs, although newspapers and OSP/ video games are in-depth CSPs that could also feature in Media One. Media Two is divided into two sections: • Section A will be based on television and will start with a screening from one of your two television CSPs. • Section B will be based on newspapers or online, social and participatory media and video games. Media Two Section A – television Instead of an unseen source , at the start of this paper you will have a screening of an extract from one of your television CSPs, and you could be tested on any area of the theoretical framework in relation to this extract. You will be given two minutes at the start of the exam to read through the questions in Section A, so that you are aware of these before you watch the extract. You will have studied the full episode in class during the Media Studies course but will only see about three minutes of the episode during the exam. You will see the extract twice, with a ve-minute gap between the screenings. During this whole time, you can make notes on what you have seen. Altogether, the screenings and note-taking could take up about 15 minutes of the 90-minute exam. There will be a space in your exam answer book to write your notes. Once the second screening has nished, you can start to answer the questions. There will be some questions that are about the television programme in general, which might ask you to refer to the other television CSP as well. There will be other questions that ask for direct analysis of the extract you have just seen. You may be making notes during the screenings in order to answer more than one question. The sample AQA Media Two paper has two questions that refer directly to the extract, and two others on the television CSPs. In the two minutes before the extract is shown, you can use the time to make sure you understand exactly what the questions on the television CSPs are asking, and which one(s) should be answered solely in relation to the extract. Use this two-minute period to highlight the key words in the questions as this will help you to focus your attention while watching the extract. Tip 11 Introduction Copyright: Sample material