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CSP BOOKLET 2023 EXAM

How will CSPs feature in the exams?

The first exam, Media One has sections on Media Language and Representations (Section A) and Media Industries and Audiences (Section B).

Section A features questions on the following forms: advertising/marketing, music videos.
Section B features questions on any two of radio, newspapers and film.

The questions themselves will focus on the theoretical framework and contexts of the media, but you will be expected to answer by reference to the relevant CSPs. Section A will also feature an unseen media product to be analysed.

The second exam, Media Two features questions based on all the in depth studies (Magazines, Video games and Online, social and participatory media, Television). As with Media One, the questions themselves will focus on the theoretical framework and contexts of the media, but you will be expected to answer by reference to the relevant CSPs. There is also one unseen product on this paper.