Exam Questions - Int 2

Choose one of these questions and answer it as best you can.
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1. Both fiction and non-fiction media texts have narratives that are carefully structured. With close reference to a media text you have studied:

(a) explain how a particular narrative has been carefully structured,
and
(b) explain why it has been carefully structured in the way that it has by referring to at least one other Key Aspect.

You should link and explain Narrative and at least one other Key Aspect inyour answer.
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2. Representations in media texts support or challenge cultural assumptions. With close reference to a media text you have studied:

(a) explain how the representations have been created,
and
(b) explain why the representations have been made this way by referring to at least one other Key Aspect.

You should link and explain Representation and at least one other Key Aspect in your answer.
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3. In order for a media text to be successful, the producers must include elements to please at least one audience. With close reference to a media text you have studied:

(a) explain at least one audience targeted by the makers of the text,
and
(b) explain what was included to appeal to the audience(s) by referring to at least one other Key Aspect.

You should link and explain Audience and at least one other Key Aspect in your answer.
---------------------------------- 4. The maker of a media text cannot just do what he or she wants. Institutions affect decisions made about what to include in the text. With close reference to a media text you have studied:
(a) explain at least two institutional factors that affected the text,
and
(b) explain, by referring to at least one other Key Aspect, how these institutional factors affected the final shape of the text.

You should link and explain Institution and at least one other Key Aspect in your answer.