Can You Get 18/18 On This Media Studies Exam?

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These questions are adapted from a GCSE Bitesize mock test designed to be given at the end of secondary school in the UK, when pupils are 15 or 16 years old.

MTV

ITV

BBC

Channel 5
Ofcom

The government

Ofgen

Ofset
It is used to survey audiences to ensure that only media which will be enjoyed by everyone is produced.

It is used to survey audiences on their views to ensure that no one is ever offended by media content

It is used to survey audiences to discover their likes and dislikes so that media texts can be tailored to suit audience preferences.
It conveys the brand identity and ideology while targeting specific audiences.

It lets consumers know if the magazine is suitable for their age group.

It appeals to a larger audience.
International Press Standards Organisation

Independent Press Standards Organisation

Independent Press Standardisation Organisation

International Press Standards
The same product is advertised on television, on the radio and in pop-ups during the same week.

Targeted advertising. So you could have been searching for a watch online once, and then watches start appearing in your future online searches.

A celebrity endorsement.
Recognisable actors, a large budget, excellent production values, appeals to a wide audience.

Unknown actors, a small budget, excellent production values.

Established actors, a large budget, a niche theme likely to appeal to a small audience.
They can guarantee that a film will be shown in all the major cinema chains.

They work towards getting independent films theatrical releases and deals for distribution on DVD and Blu-Ray.

They work towards getting independent films entered in to film festivals so they can be seen by film critics.
Scouting talent and signing new acts.

Managing the promotion of acts.

Copyrighting music
Broadsheets have a higher news content and cost more to buy than tabloids.

Broadsheets have a lower circulation and cost less to buy than tabloids.

Tabloids have more in-depth and detailed reporting and cost less to buy than broadsheets.
The total number of copies of the newspaper distributed.

Copy refers to written material.

The title banner at the top of each newspaper.
Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)

Press Complaints Commission (PCC)

Independent Publications Standards Organisation (IPSO)
It refers to how readable a newspaper is.

It refers to approval rating a newspaper achieves among readers.

It refers to the newspaper's circulation multiplied by the average number of people who read each copy.
To entertain lovers of popular music with a service that celebrates the alternative spirit in popular music from the 1960s to the present day.

To be a mixed speech service, offering in-depth news and current affairs and a wide range of other speech output.

To entertain and engage a broad range of young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech.
Middle class

Lower middle class

Skilled working class
It defines an audience by analysing their values, attitudes and lifestyles.

It defines an audience based on their educational achievement, income and occupation.

It defines an audience based on their health, income and age.
When you check out all your locations before a shoot.

When you check your camera equipment before a shoot.

When you check your sound equipment before a shoot
Qualitative survey

Quantitative survey