OCR H409 Media Revision Hub

The Exam Blueprint

A quick-glance breakdown of your 2-hour, 70-mark paper.

Section A: News

Total: 45 Marks

Q1 (10 Marks): Apply a media language or representation theorist to 2 unseen news texts (print, social media or website)

Q2 (15 Marks): A "how far" question on the media language or representation of the unseen news texts.

Q3 (10 Marks): The impact of media contexts on the production or consumption of the Daily Mail and the Guardian

Q4 (10 Marks): Theory Evaluation (Industry & Audience)

Section B: Media Messages

Total: 25 Marks

Q5 (10 Marks): Advert analysis (Language)

Q6 (15 Marks): The Big Issue (Representation)

The Daily 20

Your strictly timed 20-minute daily retrieval practice. Do not spend longer.

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Past Papers & Mark Schemes

Download official OCR H409/01 past papers for timed practice and self-assessment. If the news sources have been removed, you can find the missing sources by searching in Google. Remember that the set advertisements changed recently, so you may have to alter some questions to fit the texts you have studied.

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High-Yield Resources

Skip the fluff. These are the core documents and exemplar materials required for top-band marks.

Hodder Revision Guide

The definitive core text for OCR A-Level Media.

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Exemplar Answers

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The H409 Specification

The exact marking criteria and mandated theory list.

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Set Texts Archive

High-resolution versions of the set adverts and magazines.

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