Mock Examination that you will take on the first week of January

Year 13 Media Studies A2 Mock Examination
January 2010



Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
In this section you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units. You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).

1 (a) “Digital technology turns media consumers into media producers”. In your own experience, how has your creativity developed through using digital technology to complete your coursework productions? [25]

(b) “Media texts rely on cultural experiences in order for audiences to easily make sense of narratives”. Explain how you used conventional and / or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces. (25)

Section B: Media in the Online Age
1. How is consumer behaviour and audience response transformed by online media, in relation to the past? Use the topic of online news provision and one other from the following to answer your question:
Music downloading and distribution,
the film industry and the internet,
online television. (50)