Close Study Products (CSP’s or set texts)
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.
Here are the (suggested) timing for each question PAPER 1:
SECTION A LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION
- Q1 8 MARKER 10 MINS
- Q2 12 MARKER 18 MINS
- Q3 9 MARKER 12 MINS
- Q4 20 MARKER 30 MINS
SECTION B AUDIENCE AND INDUSTRY
- Q5 6 MARKER (2+4) 8MINS
- Q6 9 MARKER 12MINS
- Q7 20 MARKER 30 MINS
= 84
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.
