OSP exam LR

1. Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).

I demonstrate good knowledge of the CSPs but I don't mention enough of the main two. Also, need to link back to theory more.

2. Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (posted on your Google Classroom). Identify three specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Bioshock Infinite game cover) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of images, colour scheme, text etc).

• Behind him is a burning American flag, with flames visible in the red and white stripes.
• Burning American flag: This is very symbolic. It connotes patriotism, but the fact it's burning suggests conflict, rebellion, or a critique of the American ideology. It signals that the game may deal with political tension, perhaps pointing to corruption, decay, or the darker side of nationalism.
• Myth of American exceptionalism: The burning flag mythologizes America itself — not as
• purely heroic, but as deeply flawed, possibly self-destructive. It evokes ideas about national identity, pride, and the cost of that pride.

3. Now use the mark scheme to identify three potential points that you could have made in your essay for Question 2 (Jenkins - participatory culture or Curran and Seaton's - concentration of ownership).

• Digital-first video design reflects Jenkins’ convergence culture, where content is created with multi-platform distribution in mind (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram).
• Heavy reliance on online advertising reflects Curran & Seaton’s media power theory, where market pressures shape production more than diversity or plurality.
• The Voice’s ability to publish continuously and cheaply online reflects Hesmondhalgh’s view
• of media industries minimising risk through flexible production models.

4. Write down two other CSPs from across the course that you could have referenced in your essay which link to digital convergence in relation to production, distribution and consumption and how they have impacted their products.

Music video - Old Town Road

Advertising - Sephora

5. Use your exam response, the mark scheme and any other resources you wish to use to write a detailed essay plan for Question 2. Make sure you are planning at least three well-developed paragraphs in addition to an introduction (thesis statement) and conclusion.

6. Finally, identify three key areas you plan to revise from the OSP unit before the January mock exams (e.g. CSP elements of media theories) having looked at your feedback from this assessment.

• More on linking theory to the CSPs.
• The MIGRAIN content.
• How to get more comfortable with unseens.