MS4 - Specimen Exam Paper: Text, Industry & Audience

MS4 Media – Text, Industry and Audience

Answer one question from Section A and two questions from Section B. Once you have chosen your questions, fill in the box on the front page of this Answer Book. You must use a different media industry for each question. For each industry, refer to the three main texts you have studied.

SECTION A: TEXT Answer one question from this section.

Either

A1. To what extent are your chosen texts typical of their genre? [30]

Or

A2. Explore the different representations of either women or ethnicity in your chosen texts. [30]

SECTION B: INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCE Answer two questions from this section, using a different media industry for each.

B1. How important is the internet to your selected industry? Refer to your chosen texts in your answer. [30]

B2. How effectively is your selected industry regulated? Refer to your chosen texts in your answer. [30]

B3. How successful have your chosen texts been for their industry? [30]

B4. ‘Most media texts target a range of different audiences.’ How true is this for your chosen texts? [30]