This arcade-style revision quiz is designed for AQA A-level Sociology students studying The Media. Students enter their initials like an old-school arcade machine, then work through five timed levels based on the AQA specification: new media and contemporary society; ownership, control, globalisation and popular culture; news selection and presentation; media representations of age, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability; and audiences, media effects and exam application. The quiz includes key sociologists and concepts commonly used in AQA Media, including Curran and Seaton, Bagdikian, Tunstall and Palmer, McLuhan, Castells, Jenkins, McRobbie, Mulvey, Van Zoonen, Gill, Galtung and Ruge, Hall, Cohen, Glasgow Media Group, McQuail, Katz and Lazarsfeld, Morley, Philo, Gauntlett and postmodernist debates about identity and media choice. Each level contains 20 multiple choice questions with instant feedback, a fresh five-minute timer and a top 10 leaderboard that also shows the current player’s ranking.
Media Boss Battle
AQA A-level Sociology Paper 2 revision for The Media. Battle through five timed levels, each with 20 questions and a fresh five-minute timer.
Enter your initials before starting
Before you begin the AQA Media Boss Battle, type your initials or short name into the arcade display. You cannot start the quiz until you have entered a player name.
This activity focuses on the main specification areas for AQA The Media.
- Level 1: New media and contemporary society
- Level 2: Ownership, control, globalisation and popular culture
- Level 3: News selection and presentation
- Level 4: Media representations
- Level 5: Audiences, media effects and exam application
5 levels. 100 questions. 5 minutes per level. Top 10 leaderboard saved on this device.
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