Year 13 – Critical

Perspectives in Media
So what kind of things will
be thinking about?
What else?
How is all this relevant to me?
 The Details
2 Hour written exam
2 sections
Section A – about your production skills journey
and analysis of your production

Section B – about current issues in the media

that link institutions/ texts/ audiences
Section A – 2 x 30 minute answers
About any production you have
completed in or out of school

1a is about your progression across your production work. A

broad idea like 'pre-production' or 'technology' or 'creativity' is
used to stimulate the response

E.G With reference to examples how have your post

production skills developed through use of technology in your
coursework productions?

1b requires close textual analysis in relation to one or two

concepts like 'narrative' or 'genre' of one of their productions

E.G How did you support or challenge generic conventions in

one of your production pieces?
Section B – 1 Question for 1
Hour
Choose from 2 questions from

Media in the online age

or

2 questions from

We Media and Democracy

 Section B is testing …
- Your knowledge of contemporary media
issues and ideas
- Your ability to put forward a point of view
or debate the key issues
- Your use of UNIQUE examples and case
studies
- Your application of theory
 Media in the Online Age
Taught by Miss Severn

Looking at how television and the music sector

has been effected and has affected the
internet

E.G – What difference has the internet made to

distribution and consumption? Refer to at
least two media sectors.
 We the Media and
Democracy
Taught by Mr Shak

Looking at how new media technology has

altered the relationship between audiences
and institutions. Has it changed the power
structure for traditional media?

E.G – The media has become more

democratic in recent years. Using two
media evaluate the accuracy of this
statement
 The topics are interconnected
And will have a shared Wiki ( more on this from Mr Shak)
During the course you will be
being formatively assessed
through the online technologies
you are learning about…
 Lets Start the Debate
Log onto the discussions part of the wiki and create a 300 word
response to the Killer question

“ Will Web 2.0 and the rise of new media technology make the world a
better place?”
• Give one example either way using video/ text/ hyperlinks/ pictures (
Web2.0Gubbins = w2g*)
• Look at other peoples posts and post a response to one other
persons ideas – Don’t be shy!

If you don’t know what the hell a wiki see Mr Shak’s notes on the blog
* We have coined this term please don’t use it in your exam it is not known is fictional is a result of us already being
bored of saying web 2.0 stuff e.g texts hyperlinks rss podcasts embedding videos blah blah………