Associated Resources
- Genre Revision Test.doc
- Genre Test Answers.doc
1. What does the word genre literally mean? 1 mark
2. How does the concept of genre help audiences understand media texts? 2 marks
3. Give three ways audiences can identify genre. 3 marks
4. Using two examples, identify how can genre be understood in terms of narrative themes and structure. 4 marks
5. What are generic codes and conventions? 1 mark
6. Explain the difference between Iconography and Intertextuality. 2 marks
7. What is the difference between a hybrid genre and a sub genre? 2 marks
8. Give two examples of hybrid genre TV programmes and film? 4 marks
9. What is Reality TV? Name two programmes that can be classified as belonging to this genre. 3 marks
10. Name two TV genres, with two examples, which rely on the concept of stereotyping. What purpose does it serve? 3 marks
11. Detail three narrative themes that often recur in the Horror genre. 3 marks
12. List five codes and conventions associated with the Action genre. 5 marks
13. What are the three main newspaper genres? 3 marks
14. Give five differences two of the above print genres can be identified by. 5 marks
15. Give three binary oppositions that often encode dominant preferred meanings for audiences in the Western genre. 3 marks
16. What is Genre Marketing? 3...
