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Music and news (Component 02)

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 compare historic and contemporary set products to show how the media have changed over time?

Component 02 Section B: comparing historic and contemporary news front covers (and across the music products) to show how media language, representation, industry and audience have changed over time, tying change to the social, technological and historical contexts of each era.
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to comparing historic and contemporary set products in Component 02: how media language, representation, industry and audience have changed over time, and how to tie change to the contexts of each era.
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How does the set news brand extend online, and how do convergence and participation change the audience relationship?

Component 02 Section B: the online, social and participatory media of the set news brand (its website and social media), how the brand extends across platforms (convergence), and how interactivity, comment and sharing change the relationship between the news producer and its audience.
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to the online, social and participatory media of the Component 02 news set product: how the news brand extends across platforms, and how interactivity and participation change the producer-audience relationship.
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How is the set music magazine studied across the framework, and how does it target its audience?

Component 02 Section A: the set music magazine (MOJO), studied for media language (the conventions of a magazine cover and contents), representation, industries (the publisher, funding by sales and advertising) and audiences (a specialist, knowledgeable target reader).
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to the Component 02 music magazine set product, MOJO: the conventions of a magazine cover, how it constructs meaning and represents music culture, its publisher and funding, and its specialist target reader.
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How are the set music videos studied across the framework, and how do they make meaning?

Component 02 Section A: the set pair of music videos, studied for media language (performance and narrative conventions, editing to the beat, star image), representation (gender, identity), and how they construct meaning and an artist's image for the audience.
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to the Component 02 set music videos: the conventions of the music video form, how they construct meaning and a star image, the representation of gender and identity, and how the pair is compared.
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How is the set news product studied, and how does a newspaper front cover construct and mediate the news?

Component 02 Section B: the set news product (The Observer), its print front covers studied for media language (the conventions of a front page), representation and mediation (how news is selected and constructed), industries (the publisher, funding and press regulation) and audiences.
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to the Component 02 news set product, The Observer: the conventions of a newspaper front page, how news is selected and mediated, the publisher, funding and press regulation, and the audience.
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How is the set radio product studied, and what does it show about public service broadcasting and audiences?

Component 02 Section A: the set radio product (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge), studied for media language (audio codes, the conventions of music radio), industries (public service broadcasting, the BBC's remit and funding) and audiences (who it targets and how it reaches them).
An OCR GCSE Media Studies guide to the Component 02 radio set product, BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge: the conventions of music radio, the BBC as a public service broadcaster, and how the product targets and reaches its audience.
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