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OCR A-level Media Studies Paper 1 (H409/01) - 20th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

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How did your OCR A-level Media Studies Paper 1 exam go?

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Total votes: 17

OCR A-level Media Studies Paper 1 (H409/01) - 20th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.

Wishing you all the best of luck.

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Date/Time: 20th May 2024/ PM
Length: 2hrs
(edited 1 year ago)

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Reply 1

hi, just wondering if you knew any specific areas of component 1 you thought we should study for on monday.

Reply 2

Original post by Mateo Carmona
hi, just wondering if you knew any specific areas of component 1 you thought we should study for on monday.

online, its only come up once and may be a focus.

Reply 3

Original post by fr0gsarecool
online, its only come up once and may be a focus.

online..

Reply 4

Original post by xtaylorx
online..

sorry, online news. like website and social media

Reply 5

Original post by Mateo Carmona
hi, just wondering if you knew any specific areas of component 1 you thought we should study for on monday.

Online news websites prehaps, but its good to mention anyway as historical context referring to the changes of news to be more accommodating to audience expectations of everything being online

Reply 6

does anyone have predictions of possible theorists that may come up for question 3

Reply 7

Original post by nbnmbmjhj
does anyone have predictions of possible theorists that may come up for question 3

I meant 4

Reply 8

if there's a question that asks you to talk about economic contexts how would you go about that?

Reply 9

Original post by RandomLawGuy
if there's a question that asks you to talk about economic contexts how would you go about that?

Mention curran and Seaton, big conglomerates dominating the market by market share leads to reduced variation in the media...

Reply 10

Original post by jrodez
Mention curran and Seaton, big conglomerates dominating the market by market share leads to reduced variation in the media...

Bit late mate

Reply 11

And how did everyone find the exam?

Reply 12

Original post by RandomLawGuy
Bit late mate

Im in year 12 i didnt know u had ur exam what were the questions how did it go?

Reply 13

Original post by jrodez
Im in year 12 i didnt know u had ur exam what were the questions how did it go?

Pretty decent but the 20 marker was on the big issues genre conventions which was really weird. Luckily they used the Old Spice advert for q5

Reply 14

Original post by RandomLawGuy
Pretty decent but the 20 marker was on the big issues genre conventions which was really weird. Luckily they used the Old Spice advert for q5


you mean 15 market rightt?

Reply 15

yeah

Reply 16

predictions for paper 2 please

Reply 17

Original post by nbnmbmjhj
predictions for paper 2 please


its hard to predict for paper 2, i would revise it all and just focus more on areas you arent as confident on

Reply 18

How did we find paper 2

Reply 19

Original post by KEiraAa121
How did we find paper 2


very nice question and relatively simple

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