Sample Exam paper

Sample Exam paper

Answer two of the following questions. Your essays should contain detailed discussion and analysis of at least two media texts - film, television programme or publication.

1. 'Film and television texts may appear to offer a "window on the world", but they do so only on their own terms, and it is the media critic's task to become fully aware of the implications of this mediated portrayal of the world.' Discuss, with reference to at least two media texts.

2. To what extent, and in what ways, do you think that approaching media texts in terms of their genre can be useful and revealing? Is genre simply an issue of classification?

3.	"Women like us..." Discuss the presentation of women in either the Soap Opera or the Situation Comedy. Your discussion should refer to at least two examples of your choice.
4.	'Popular films and television programmes may well appear to be both trivial and ephemeral, but such appearances conceal a concern with significant, profound and frequently controversial themes and issues.' Discuss the extent to which this view applies to the study of at least two media texts.
5.	To what extent, and in what ways, do you feel that film and television for children must necessarily be simplistic? Discuss with reference to at least two examples of your choice.
6.	Discuss the media treatment of one social group of your choice. What factors or contexts do you feel are relevant for understanding the ways in which this social group are, or have been, represented?
7.	Must a film inevitably fail to " live up to the book" and, if so, why? Discuss with reference to two examples of film adaptation.

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