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

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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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SECTION B – Question 1–continued

Question 1 (10marks)Medianarrativesimplicitlyorexplicitlycommenton,reflecton,develop,rejectorignoreideologies.

Analysethewaysinwhichamedianarrativethatyouhavestudiedthisyearisshapedbyideology.Usethecharacteristicsand/orconstructionofyourselectedmedianarrativetosupportyourresponse.

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Yourresponseswillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage20.

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SECTION B – Question 2–continued

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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