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MEDIAWritten examination
Thursday 26 November 2020 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 11 11 55B 2 2 20
Total 75
• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpenersandrulers.
• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.
• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.
Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof20pages,includingassessment criteria for Section Bonpage20• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• Answerall questionsinthespacesprovided.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2020
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
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Narrative and ideology
Question 1 (3marks)Describeonerelationshipbetweenmedianarrativesandaudienceengagement.
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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Question 2 (4marks)Discussoneideologicalorinstitutionalcontextthathashadaneffectontheproductionordistributionofonemedianarrativethatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Medianarrative
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Question 3 (6marks)Explainthewayinwhichanothermedianarrativethatyouhavestudiedthisyearwasreadinaparticularwaybyoneaudienceatthetimeofitsrelease.YoumustuseadifferentmedianarrativefromtheoneusedinQuestion2.
Medianarrative
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Question 4 (7marks)Explainhowtwomediacodesand/orconventionsworktogethertoengageanaudienceinonemedianarrativethatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Medianarrative
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Media production process
Question 5 (5marks)a. Describetheresearchthatyouconductedtoinformtheexplorationanddevelopmentofyour
skillsinaselectedmediaform. 2marks
Mediaform
b. Explainhowtheresearchdescribedinpart a.contributedtotheexplorationandexperimentationthatyouconductedinone or more ofthefollowing:• mediaequipment• technologies• processes 3marks
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Question 6 (5marks)a. Outlineonemediaprocessorconvention,relevanttothemediaforminwhichyouwere
working,usedinyourproductiondesign. 2marks
b. Describehoweffectivethemediaprocessorconventionoutlinedinpart a.wasindocumentingthespecifiedaudiences,narrativeand/orintentionofyourproposedproduction. 3marks
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Question 7 (5marks)Mediaproductionandpost-productionpresentarangeofchallenges.
Evaluatehowoneaspectofthemediaproductionprocessorpost-productionprocesscontributedtotheresolutionofyourmediaproduct.
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Agency and control in and of the media
Question 8 (4marks)Describeoneexampleofhowglobalisedmediainstitutionshaveshapedthedistributionofmediaproductstotheiraudiences.
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Question 9 (6marks)Discusshowthedynamicrelationshipbetweenthemediaanditsaudienceshaschangedargumentsandideasaboutmediainfluenceinoneofthefollowingareas:• production• consumption
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Question 10 (5marks)Thereareissuesandchallengesrelatingtotheregulationandcontrolofthemedia.
DiscussoneexamplethatdemonstratesarationalefortheregulationofthemediainAustralia.
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Question 11 (5marks)Themediaanditsaudiencesarenowboththoughttoexerciseagency–thecapacitytoactandexertpower.
Discussoneexamplewhereeitherthemediaoritsaudienceswereabletoexerciseagency.
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Question 1 (10marks)Medianarrativesimplicitlyorexplicitlycommenton,reflecton,develop,rejectorignoreideologies.
Analysethewaysinwhichamedianarrativethatyouhavestudiedthisyearisshapedbyideology.Usethecharacteristicsand/orconstructionofyourselectedmedianarrativetosupportyourresponse.
SECTION B
Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Yourresponseswillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage20.
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Question 2 (10marks)Asthemediaincreasinglycrossesnationalborders,governmentsarestrugglingtomaintaincontroloverthelawsandpoliciescreatedfortheirjurisdictions.
Analyseone or moreissuesrelatingtoregulationandcontrolofthemedia.
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Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
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Assessment criteria for Section BTheextended-answerquestioninSectionBrelatingtoUnit3,AreaofStudy1willbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:• explanationofthecharacteristicsof,andtheconstructionof,medianarratives• discussionofrelationshipsbetweenmedianarrativesandaudiences,includingconstruction,
engagement,consumptionandreading• analysisand/ordiscussionoftherelationshipsbetweenmedianarratives,ideologiesandinstitutional
contexts• useofappropriatemedialanguage
Theextended-answerquestioninSectionBrelatingtoUnit4,AreaofStudy2willbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:• discussionofinfluencesonandbythemediaanditsaudience• analysisand/orevaluationofissuesand/orchallengesinthemedia• useofmedialanguage
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