A2 EXAM

Practice

Question 1

• What audience theory suggests people can be influenced through discussions with their friends/family?

Question 2

• What theorist said that genre theory is limiting as it does not allow for the acknowledgement of hybrid?

Question 3

• What audience theory says that we are directly influenced by what we watch in the media and could repeat actions seen?

Question 4

• What genre theorist said that iconography is the key to understanding genre?

Question 5

• What audience theory states that there are 5 reasons for interacting with the media?

Question 6

• Can you name all 5 reasons?

Question 7

• What genre theorists said that Hollywood’s success is reliant on repetition with variation?

Question 8

• What audience theory says that audiences will be affected over a period of time by the repetition of images?

Question 9

• What is an auteur?

Question 10

• What is the main criticism of mass audience theories?

Question 1

• What audience theory suggests people can be influenced through discussions with their friends/family?

Two Step Flow

Question 2

• What theorist said that genre theory is limiting as it does not allow for the acknowledgement of hybrid?

Rick Altman

Question 3

• What audience theory says that we are directly influenced by what we watch in the media and could repeat actions seen?

Hypodermic Syringe

Question 4

• What genre theorist said that iconography is the key to understanding genre?

Edward Buscombe

Question 5

• What audience theory states that there are 5 reasons for interacting with the media?

Uses and gratifications

Question 6

• Can you name all 5 reasons?

Information

Identification

Interaction

Entertainment

Escapism

Question 7

• What genre theorists said that Hollywood’s success is reliant on repetition with variation?

Richard Maltby and Ian Craven

Question 8

• What audience theory says that audiences will be affected over a period of time by the repetition of images?

Culmination theory

Question 9

• What is an auteur?

A film maker that was/is considered to be particularly influential and artistic.

Question 10

• What is the main criticism of mass audience theories?

Does not take in to account the individual make up

Question 11

• What narrative theorist worked on the idea of equilibrium, disequilibrium, equilibrium?

Todorov