Cambridge A Level Media Studies 9607 — 2021 Oct/Nov Paper 4 · Variant 0
9607/40/O/N/21 · 4 questions · 60 marks · ≈68 min
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Q1 · ‘Media regulation is failing everyone.’ How far do you agree with this statement?
1 ‘Media regulation is failing everyone.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [15] Postmodern media
Q2 · Analyse the key characteristics of postmodern media
2 Analyse the key characteristics of postmodern media. [15] Power and the media
Q3 · To what extent do the media represent people fully?
3 To what extent do the media represent people fully? [15]
Q4 · ‘We talk about print, film, TV and radio as separate media, but these are all converging…
4 ‘We talk about print, film, TV and radio as separate media, but these are all converging and will be impossible to tell apart in the future.’ Evaluate the evidence which supports this view. [30]
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