Friday, 23 January 2015

Welcome to the Acton High School G322 Audience and Institution Magazine Revision Blog.

Here you will find all the information learned in class and some additional information that will support you during your study.




EXAM CRITERIA 

Key Areas of discussion
      The issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice.The importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing.The technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange.The significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences.The importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences.The issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions.The ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour
What you need to have completed and be fully aware of:A study of two successful magazines within the contemporary British magazine market, including their patterns of production, distribution, marketing and consumption by audiences. This will be accompanied by a study of the use of online magazine editions and the issues that they raise for the production, marketing and consumption of a magazine brand. We will also look at publishing companies and their roles in the ways in which magazines are consumed.

Mark Scheme Level 3

Explanation/analysis/argument (12–15 marks) 
 Shows proficient understanding of the task 
 Proficient knowledge and understanding of institutional/audience practices – factual knowledge is mostly accurate 
 Some developed argument, supported by reference to case study material 
 Mostly relevant to set question. 
Use of examples (12–15 marks) 
 Offers consistent evidence from case study material 
 Offers a range of examples, in some detail, from case study and own experience 
 Offers examples which are mostly relevant to the set question. 
Use of terminology (6–7 marks)
 Use of terminology is mostly accurate. 
Straight-forward ideas have been expressed with some clarity and fluency. Arguments are generally relevant, though may stray from the point of the question. There will be some errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar, but these are unlikely to be intrusive or obscure meaning. 

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