GCSE Media Paper 2 PPE: Learner Response

Target Grade: 9
Achieved: 6 (58/84 - Need 19 more marks for a grade 9)

Question 1: 1/2
Additional points: Questions are answered later in the narrative-enigma

Question 2: 7/8
Additional points: Link evidence to the genre

Question 3: 9/12
Additional points: Use more media language and relate it to technology. Use consistent terminology.

Question 4: 17/20
Additional points: More consistent reference to social and historical context and how they influence the show (examples)

Question 5: 1/1

Question 6: 1/1

Question 7: 16/20
Additional points: Stronger judgements supported by relevant evidence. Reference news values (Galtung and Ruge)

Question 8: 6/20
Additional points: Work on TIMING. Analyse audience demographics/psychographics. Use quotes from articles. Analyse newspaper ethos'(tabloid/broadsheet, conservative/labour, hard news/soft news).


Revise:

• Galtung and Ruge news values
• Daily Mirror CSP
• The Times CSP
• Doctor Who: An Unearthly child-context and industries
• Exam practice questions