Some of the people who wrote these notes put lots into it (the one for Ghost Town by The Specials is detailed and has links to useful secondary sources).

Media products should be considered in the light of the contexts in which they are produced andĪnd each of the close study products gets a note on the contexts required for the exams. Knowledge and understanding should be developed through the practical analysis or creation of Not every question in everyĮxam series will require the analysis of the five contexts but students will need to be familiar withĪll of them in relation to a range of media products. Relevant key social, cultural, economic, political and historical contexts. This specification requires students to closely analyse and compare media products in relation to The subject content is detailed in relation to each area of the theoretical framework. Now the board has this to say about context: Welcome to context! (Just imagine I said it in a, “Welcome to Jumanji!” kinda tone). It’s one of the reasons we love the subject. Welcome to the absolute tangle that is media context! Welcome also to one of the most talked about, written about, debated, argued over in pubs, bars, cafes and dinner parties bits of media. But was the film trying to recruit soldiers, help ease a country into war, point out the futility of the conflict, celebrate victory, expose humanities dark underbelly, enthuse a population for a different war or commemorate sacrifice? They all have a relationship to cultural, political, social, historical and economic factors which shaped them. Some were produced during the conflict depicted and some after. ‘Cause there was a war.Įach one of these films is responding to context.

But they set a question in 2020 which asks about historical and political contexts and the target markets. Heyyyy! Fun Note Number 2037: AQA say that there are only a few contexts you need to know about the video games (social and cultural).

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