Ocr 2024
OXFORD CAMBRDGE
AND RSA 2024
[Type the document subtitle]
OCR 2024
2024
[Type the company address]
, Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 20 May 2024 – Afternoon
A Level Media Studies
H409/01 Media messages
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the Resource Booklet
• the OCR 12‑ page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be
clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
,OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
, 2
Section A News
Study Sources A and B in the Resource Booklet.
1 Analyse the representations used in Source A and Source B in relation to social contexts. Use hooks’
feminist theory to support your answer. [10]
2* Source A and Source B cover the same news events from two different newspapers, one left‑wing
and one right‑wing.
How far does the media language used in the sources incorporate viewpoints and ideologies?
In your answer you must:
• explain how newspapers use media language to incorporate viewpoints and ideologies
• analyse the media language used in the sources
• make judgements and reach conclusions about how far the media language used in the sources
incorporates viewpoints and ideologies.
[15]
3 Explain how economic factors influence the way print and/or online news is produced. Refer to
The Guardian and the Daily Mail to support your answer. [10]
4 Evaluate the effectiveness of one of the following theories in understanding how different
audiences use news (print and/or online) in different ways.
EITHER
Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory
OR
Hall’s Reception Theory
[10]
© OCR 2024 H409/01 Jun24
OXFORD CAMBRDGE
AND RSA 2024
[Type the document subtitle]
OCR 2024
2024
[Type the company address]
, Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 20 May 2024 – Afternoon
A Level Media Studies
H409/01 Media messages
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the Resource Booklet
• the OCR 12‑ page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be
clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
,OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
, 2
Section A News
Study Sources A and B in the Resource Booklet.
1 Analyse the representations used in Source A and Source B in relation to social contexts. Use hooks’
feminist theory to support your answer. [10]
2* Source A and Source B cover the same news events from two different newspapers, one left‑wing
and one right‑wing.
How far does the media language used in the sources incorporate viewpoints and ideologies?
In your answer you must:
• explain how newspapers use media language to incorporate viewpoints and ideologies
• analyse the media language used in the sources
• make judgements and reach conclusions about how far the media language used in the sources
incorporates viewpoints and ideologies.
[15]
3 Explain how economic factors influence the way print and/or online news is produced. Refer to
The Guardian and the Daily Mail to support your answer. [10]
4 Evaluate the effectiveness of one of the following theories in understanding how different
audiences use news (print and/or online) in different ways.
EITHER
Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory
OR
Hall’s Reception Theory
[10]
© OCR 2024 H409/01 Jun24
