Learner Response PPE 2020

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).
You must relate back to the question making sure that you have answered what it wants you to outline. 
Revise more media terminology and the CSPs  
Have more clarity when your explaining the CSPs 

2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your target grade for A Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2?
Unfortunately, I was unable to succeed in my target grade in paper 2 however, I have learned my area of mistakes and will improve on them. I was 13 marks off a B grade. 
These are the grade boundaries we've used, based on last year's A Level exam but raised slightly to account for the fact they will probably move up slightly (out of 84):  

A* = 75; A = 66; B = 54; C = 44; D = 32; E = 20.

Now read through the AQA mark scheme for Paper 2 - you'll already have looked at this in class when marking the exam booklet of other students' responses. The original Paper 2 question paper is here if that is helpful too.

3) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme:
1.
4/9 marks
I didn't fully answer the question since I did not completely finish explaining each bullet point. 
2.
13/25 marks
I didn't mention media effects theories such as cultivation theory; I didn't focus on the question asking 'how valid' are media effects theories; I could have discussed the effect representations of women have on male gamers as suggested by Anita Sarkeesian; I could have discussed the ideological impact of The Sims on young gamers indoctrinated into the American capitalist dream.
3.
12/25 marks 
I didn't really mention the social and cultural context of both Oh comely and Men's health as a began going off tangent and wrote about mostly the social context. I need to stop writing too much on media theories and focus on answering the question. Also, I must write a balanced argument for both CSPs and not focus on one over the other.
4
12/25 marks 
I forgot to mention other CSPs that are not given in the question and an overall view of the media course its self. I believe i only wrote about the 2 CSPs on TV shows and didn't bring knowledge from other CSPs relating to the question.
 
4) Look at question 4 - the synoptic question on TV. Write a full, new essay plan for this question using the indicative content in the mark scheme (focus particularly on distribution) and taking care to include at least one paragraph that addresses the synoptic element. You can use bullet points but make sure you offer enough content to meet the criteria for Level 4 (top level). This will be somewhere between 4-6 well-developed paragraphs planned in some detail.
Q1
-the construction of myth through the use of signs – the lone, charismatic American hero, violent but thoughtful and reflective.
- the denotation of the costume, props, colour and body language

-notion of a patriotic country, valuing an independent spirit associated with
masculinity.

Q2
-The key aspects of the relevant theories, including uses and gratifications, hypodermic needle model, moral panic, cultivation, Bandura’s social learning theory
-the way in which different audience interpretations reflect social, cultural
and historical circumstances.
- effects research into video games tends to focus on violent game-play; both Lara Croft and Metroid are action-adventure games which focus on assault and killing in the narrative.
Q3
-the effect of social and cultural context on representations
-the contexts of production are relatively insignificant in creating meanings (reception theory); meanings derive from the interaction between the audience and the product.
Q4
-how audiences are grouped and categorised by media industries, including by age, gender and social class, as well as by lifestyle and taste.
-using a variety of platforms that includes: free-to-air television, the internet (including subscription services such as Netflix), web apps, subscription services such as Sky.-Address both CSPs

5) Based on the whole of your Paper 2 learner response, plan FIVE topics / concepts / CSPs / theories that you will prioritise in your Easter Media revision timetable.
1. Videogames (CSPs)
2. Media effect theorist 
3. Gender Theorists 
4. Learn the cultural, historical and social context for all CSPs in Paper 2
5. Representation in TV shows