Sunday, March 28, 2021

Media PPEs - what to revise

Your upcoming A Level Media Studies PPEs are a great opportunity to secure positive marks that will contribute to your final grade.

As discussed in class, we've put together PPEs that only test material you have been taught in class or in recent weeks to make sure nobody is disadvantaged by the last year of lockdowns and remote learning. This blogpost will help you plan your revision:

Media Paper 1

Media Paper 1 Section A 

This will always focus on Media Language and Media Representations. This means the following:

Unseen product analysis
The first question in Media Paper 1 Section A will always be an unseen media product. This requires a media language analysis of the unseen product - an advert, magazine cover or online screengrab. 

The second question will also relate to the unseen product while also bringing in a CSP. This means the unseen product will link to advertising and marketing.

Advertising & Marketing
Score hair cream advert from 1967 


Media Paper 1 Section B 

This will always focus on Media Audiences and Industries. This means the following:

General audience and industry knowledge and understanding

Film Industry

Newspapers



Media Paper 2

The first question in Media Paper 2 will always be a 9-mark question on an unseen media product.

Aside from Q1, Media Paper 2 will test one in-depth topic area:

Online, Social and Participatory

AQA states for your extended response question:

“You will be rewarded for your ability to construct and develop a sustained line of reasoning which is coherent, relevant, substantiated and logically structured.” This basically means write an essay!


The list above tells you everything you need to revise for the PPEs - so prepare well and good luck!

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