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Set products analysis (the close study products)

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you build a complete close study product analysis across the whole framework, and how is online, social and participatory media studied across the forms?

Set products: the close study product method and online, social and participatory media. Building a full-framework fact file per product, handling unseen products, and analysing the online and social extensions of the set products (especially the news brands).
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the close study product method and online, social and participatory media. Covers building a full-framework fact file per product, handling unseen products, and analysing the online and social extensions of the set products, with the exam skills both papers reward.
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How are the advertising and marketing set products analysed for media language and representation, and how does context shape older and newer campaigns?

Set products: advertising and marketing (including Score hair cream, Maybelline, Kiss of the Vampire, Galaxy and This Girl Can). Media language and representation across older and newer campaigns, including gender representation and the use of context.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the advertising and marketing set products, including Score, Maybelline, Kiss of the Vampire, Galaxy and This Girl Can. Covers media language and representation across older and newer campaigns, gender representation, and the use of social and historical context, with the exam skills Component 01 Section B rewards.
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How are the film set products (a Disney pairing) analysed for industry, and how is the long form television drama studied comparatively across the whole framework?

Set products: film (a Disney pairing, studied for media industry only) and long form television drama (one English-language and one non-English-language drama). Industry comparison of Disney across eras, and the full-framework comparative study of two dramas.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the film and long form television drama set products. Covers the Disney film pairing studied for media industry, and the comparative study of one English-language and one non-English-language long form TV drama across the whole framework, with the exam skills Component 02 rewards.
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How are the music video and magazine set products analysed for media language and representation, and how do the List A and List B videos and the magazine set products compare?

Set products: music video (one text from List A and one from List B) and magazines (including GQ, Vogue and Adbusters). Media language and representation across the forms, including genre, gender, identity and the alternative magazine as a challenge to the mainstream.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the music video and magazine set products, including the List A and List B videos and GQ, Vogue and Adbusters. Covers media language and representation across the forms, genre, gender, identity and the alternative magazine, with the exam skills Component 01 Section B rewards.
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How are the two news set products, The Guardian and the Daily Mail, analysed across the full framework and in print, online and social media?

Set products: news and online media (The Guardian and the Daily Mail). Comparative study across print, websites and social media, covering media language, representation, industry (ownership, funding, regulation) and audience, in their political contexts.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the news set products, The Guardian and the Daily Mail. Covers the comparative study across print, websites and social media, applying media language, representation, industry and audience, in their political contexts, with the exam skills Component 01 Section A rewards.
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How are the radio and video game set products, the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show and Minecraft, analysed for media industries and audiences?

Set products: radio (BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show) and video games (Minecraft). Industry and audience analysis covering public service broadcasting, regulation, ownership, convergence, participation and the active, productive audience.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the radio and video game set products, the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show and Minecraft. Covers industry and audience analysis, public service broadcasting, regulation, ownership, convergence, participation and the active, productive audience, with the exam skills Component 02 Section A rewards.
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