Y12 Media MEST1 Past Paper Questions - Plan and develop your cross media study to prepare for similar

MEST 1 Section B Cross Media Study Past Questions

45 minutes

'To be successful, media institutions have to use a variety of media platforms.'

To what extent is this true of your cross-media study?

In your answer you should:

·         provide a brief outline of your cross-media study

·         consider the possible advantages of using a range of media platforms

·         support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

'Our enjoyment of media products is influenced by the platforms we use to access them.'

How far is this true of your cross-media study?

In your answer you should:

·         provide a brief outline of your cross-media study

·         consider how audiences use and respond to media products from different media platforms

·         support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Evaluate how far audiences are able to represent themselves and/or their ideas and opinions in media products from your cross-media study.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms

(32 marks)

Evaluate how successfully media products from your cross-media study are promoted within and across media platforms

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Consider how imaginative techniques are used by media products from your cross-media study to attract and maintain audiences.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Synergy is the process by which media institutions use a range of platforms to promote, sell and distribute their products. Assess the impact of synergy in your cross-media study.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Evaluate how new technologies have been used in the products in your cross-media study.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of products from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Intertextuality describes the way in which media products make reference to other media products that producers assume audiences will recognise.

Identify the ways intertextuality is used in your cross-media study.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of products from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

How far does the platform on which they are consumed determine the construction of media products in your cross-media study?

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of products from three media platforms.

(32 marks)

Explore how representations are constructed in media products from your cross-media study.

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of products from three media platforms.

(32 marks)