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Theoretical perspectives (applying the named theories)

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you deploy the audience theories (Bandura, Gerbner, Hall, Jenkins, Shirky) in the Component 02 essays, and how do you structure the active-versus-passive debate?

Theoretical perspectives: applying the audience theories. Choosing and applying Bandura, Gerbner, Hall, Jenkins and Shirky to set products, structuring the active-versus-passive audience debate, and reaching the judgement the essays reward.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to applying the audience theories. Covers choosing and applying Bandura, Gerbner, Hall, Jenkins and Shirky to set products, structuring the active-versus-passive debate, and reaching the judgement, with the exam skills Component 02 rewards.
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How do you deploy the media industries theories (Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh, Livingstone and Lunt) in the Component 02 essays, and how do they connect to one another?

Theoretical perspectives: applying the media industries theories. Choosing and applying Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt to set products, linking ownership, risk and regulation, and reaching the synoptic judgement the essays reward.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to applying the media industries theories. Covers choosing and applying Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt to set products, linking ownership, risk and regulation, and reaching the synoptic judgement, with the exam skills Component 02 rewards.
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How do you deploy the media language theories (Barthes, Todorov, Levi-Strauss, Neale) in the higher-tariff essays, and how are named-theory questions marked?

Theoretical perspectives: applying the media language theories. Choosing and applying Barthes, Todorov, Levi-Strauss and Neale to set and unseen products, the named-theory question, and the levels-of-response marking of the extended essay.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to applying the media language theories. Covers choosing and applying Barthes, Todorov, Levi-Strauss and Neale to set and unseen products, the named-theory question, and the levels-of-response marking of the extended essay, with the exam skills the higher-tariff questions reward.
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How do you deploy the representation theories (Hall, Gauntlett, van Zoonen, bell hooks, Gilroy) in the higher-tariff essays, and how do you combine a constraint theory with an agency theory?

Theoretical perspectives: applying the representation theories. Choosing and applying Hall, Gauntlett, van Zoonen, bell hooks and Gilroy to set products, combining constraint and agency theories, and reaching the ideological judgement the essays reward.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to applying the representation theories. Covers choosing and applying Hall, Gauntlett, van Zoonen, bell hooks and Gilroy to set products, combining constraint and agency theories, and reaching the ideological judgement, with the exam skills the higher-tariff questions reward.
16 min answer →