TEACHER EXEMPLAR EDUQAS 2024 A LEVEL COMPONENT 2 PAPER: MEDIA FORMS AND PRODUCTS IN DEPTH

This is an exemplar Component 2 paper written for for the official 2024 Summer exam paper. This is a great resource for; peer assessment, scaffolding and giving to studnets pre/post-mock, having written it themselves.

Each response has key terms/ theories colour-coded as follows:

PINK- Represnetation
AUDIENCE- Yellow
GREEN- Industry
BLUE- Media Langugae
ORANGE- Contexts

THE TEXTS INCLUDED ARE:

SEC A: ‘PEAKY BLINDERS’ AND ‘THE BRIDGE’

SEC B: ‘VOGUE’ AND ‘TEH BIG ISSUE’

SEC C: ‘ZOE SUGGS’ AND ‘ATTITUDE’

THE EXAM QUESTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

1. EXPLORE how the set episode of PEAKY BLINDERS REINFORCES or CHALLENGES GENRE CONVENTIONS. [15]

2. EXPLAIN how SOCIAL and CULTURAL CONTEXTS INFLUENCE AUDIENCE INTERPRETATIONS of television products.
   Refer to the set episode of THE BRIDGE in your response. [15]

3. HOW USEFUL are FEMINIST theories for analysing the REPRESENTATIONS in the set editions of VOGUE and THE BIG ISSUE?
   Refer to AT LEAST ONE of the following theories in your response:
   • VAN ZOONEN’S FEMINIST THEORY
   • bell hooks’ FEMINIST THEORY
   (50 MINUTES WRITING TIME)
   [30]

4. TO WHAT EXTENT has the INTERNET CHALLENGED the POWER and DOMINANCE of LARGE MEDIA ORGANISATIONS?
   Refer to ONE product from GROUP 1 and ONE from GROUP 2 in your response. [30]

DISCLAIMER: AT TIME OF WRITING, NO MARK SCHEME EXISTS. THE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS WRITTEN DOWN ARE THAT OF MY OWN/ HOW I WOULD APPROACH THE QUESTIONS.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school operates a two year A-Level; AS (YEAR 12) AND A2 (YEAR 13).

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