A Level Media Theories

Question 1

Which regulation body oversees the UK film industry classification system?

Accepted Answer

BBFC

Question 2

What is a core idea in George Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory?

Accepted Answer

Exposure to media over time affects viewers' worldviews

Question 3

Which theorist is most associated with narrative codes, such as enigma and action codes?

Accepted Answer

Roland Barthes

Question 4

Which of the following best defines media convergence in the context of media industries?

Accepted Answer

When traditional media and digital technologies combine

Question 5

Who proposed the concept of “hyperreality”?

Accepted Answer

Jean Baudrillar

Question 6

What does Roland Barthes’ theory of semiotics focus on?

Accepted Answer

Signs, denotation, and connotation

Question 7

What is the dominant reading according to Stuart Hall?

Accepted Answer

The audience creates their own meaning, The audience accepts the intended message

Question 8

Which of the following is a key point in Liesbet van Zoonen’s theory?

Accepted Answer

Gender is constructed through discourse

Question 9

Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory typically follows which structure?

Accepted Answer

Equilibrium → Disruption → New Equilibrium

Question 10

Which theory was created by Roland Barthes?

Accepted Answer

Semiotics

Question 11

What does Judith Butler mean by “performativity”?

Accepted Answer

Gender is performed through repeated behavior

Question 12

Jean Baudrillard’s theory of postmodernism claims that...

Accepted Answer

We live in a world of simulations and simulacra

Question 13

What is vertical integration in the media industry?

Accepted Answer

Controlling the production, distribution, and exhibition of a media product

Question 14

Who developed the idea of the male gaze in film theory?

Accepted Answer

Laura Mulvey

Question 15

Claude Lévi-Strauss is known for which theoretical concept?

Accepted Answer

Binary Oppositions

Question 16

David Gauntlett suggests that audiences...

Accepted Answer

Use media to construct their identities

Question 17

What does bell hooks argue about feminism and media?

Accepted Answer

Feminism should be inclusive of race and class

Question 18

Which theorist explored gender performativity?

Accepted Answer

Judith Butler

Question 19

Stuart Hall’s Reception Theory suggests audiences can...

Accepted Answer

Interpret texts as dominant, negotiated, or oppositional

Question 20

How did the ownership of The Daily Mirror influence its content, according to Eduqas specification case studies?

Accepted Answer

It focused more on tabloid-style reporting and entertainment

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