All questions 30 marks ( 50 minutes ) if both texts or 15 marks ( 25 minutes) if one text only.
You must revise Media Language, Representation, Audiences, Industry and relevant Theory for all sections as the questions can be mostly applied to every text.
Life on Mars/The Bridge
1 How significant are economic factors in the television industry? Refer to Life on Mars and The Bridge in your answer
2 Identify
how meaning is created through symbolic and technical codes in both Life
on Mars and The Bridge, through a
sequence of your choice for each text. Apply Barthes semiotic theory to
illustrate your points.
3 To what
extent do you agree that female characters in both Life on Mars and The
Bridge go against stereotype? Apply the theories of hooks and Van
Zoonen to your points.
4 Compare how
narrative techniques are used in both Life on Mars and The
Bridge to create tension and conflict. Apply Todorov’s narratology
theories to support your points
5 Account for
the global appeal of both Life on Mars and The
Bridge
6 According to Claude Lévi-Strauss, texts convey their meanings through a system of binary oppositions. Evaluate this structuralist theory. Refer to the set episodes of Life on Mars and The Bridge in your response.
6 According to Claude Lévi-Strauss, texts convey their meanings through a system of binary oppositions. Evaluate this structuralist theory. Refer to the set episodes of Life on Mars and The Bridge in your response.
Life on Mars
7 To what extent can the set episode of Life on Mars be considered a postmodernist text?
The Bridge
8 Television production takes place within an economic context.
Discuss the influence of economic factors on The Bridge.
Vogue/Big Issue
1 How significant are economic factors in the magazine industry? Refer to Vogue and The Big Issue in your answer
2 Identify
two contrasting audiences for the set editions of Vogue and The Big Issue and
how each would appeal to that target audience.
3 How far do
the choice of advertisements in each of the set editions of Vogue and The Big Issue reflect the values of their target audiences and
model their response? Apply Bandura’s Media Effects Theory to support your
points.
4 How might
individuals represented in the set editions of both Vogue and The Big Issue
conform or subvert Hall’s theory regarding stereotypes.
5 Compared with the past, David Gauntlett argues that in the media today ‘we no
longer get singular, straightforward messages about ideal types of male and female
identities.’
Evaluate the validity of this claim with reference to the set editions of Vogue and The
Big Issue and the historical contexts in which they were produced.
6 How far do you agree that both Vogue and The Big Issue are representative of the historical and social contexts they are produced in. Refer to the set texts of both magazines to support your response.
5 Compared with the past, David Gauntlett argues that in the media today ‘we no
longer get singular, straightforward messages about ideal types of male and female
identities.’
Evaluate the validity of this claim with reference to the set editions of Vogue and The
Big Issue and the historical contexts in which they were produced.
6 How far do you agree that both Vogue and The Big Issue are representative of the historical and social contexts they are produced in. Refer to the set texts of both magazines to support your response.
Zoella/Attitude
1 How far
might Butler’s Gender Performativity theory and Hall’s Representation theory be
applied to both Zoella and Attitude with regards to gender
stereotypes?
2 How significant are economic factors for both Zoella and Attitude ?
3 Account for
the audience appeal for both Zoella
and Attitude due to the use of
digital convergence. Apply Shirky’s End of Audience theory to support your
points.
4 How far do
you agree that both Zoella and Attitude might be considered examples
of hyperreality? Use Baudrillard’s Postmodern theory to support your points.
5 How far can aspects of identity be seen to affect the way in which audiences use
online media? Discuss, with reference to Zoella and Attitude. [You should refer to relevant academic theories in your response.
5 How far can aspects of identity be seen to affect the way in which audiences use
online media? Discuss, with reference to Zoella and Attitude. [You should refer to relevant academic theories in your response.
Zoella
6 Explain how social and cultural contexts influence responses to online media products. Refer to Zoella to support your response.
Attitude
7 Explore how the representations on Attitude’s website position audiences
