Sociology A2 Revision 2012 3 
Unit 3 exam: Wednesday 13th June, am
Unit 4 exam: Tuesday 19th June, pm
Easter Revision: tbc
A2 Syllabus: AQA Sociology GCE (new specification)
Unit 3: Mass Media (SCLY3)
Worth 20% of your final A Level
Written paper, 1 hour 30 minutes
60 marks available
Unit 4: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods (SCLY4)
Worth 30% of your final A Level
Written paper, 2 hours
90 marks available
Timetable
Use your revision checklists to draw up a timetable for revision leading up to the exam. Make sure you cover everything, but make sure it is manageable – you can’t spend every minute working, so allow yourself some time off, both short breaks and occasional days or half days.
Try http://getrevising.co.uk/
Resources
Handouts and powerpoints from lessons are available on the shared drive and on the VLE.
Additional revision resources will be available to download from the VLE
Use the list of websites in this pack to help you identify other useful revision resources
AQA SCLY3
Unit 3: Mass Media
There are 4 sections – choose the CORRECT one, Mass Media (should be section C), and answer all the questions from that section.
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 mins
Maximum marks: 60
Time per mark = max 1.5 min.
Questions carrying 18+marks should be answered in continuous prose and you will be marked on your ability to use good English, to organise information clearly and to use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Answer question 10 and 11 and either 12 OR 13.
Possible Question outlines
Marks
Timing
10
Identify and briefly explain 3 ways / problems…
e.g. 3 ways in which the news is socially constructed
9 marks
<15 mins
To get full marks for either permutations of this question, you need to:
Identify 3 separate pieces of relevant and appropriate sociological evidence that support the view expressed in the item, you will get 1 mark for each relevant and appropriate identification.
Give a detailed, but brief, explanation of how the identified sociological evidence
Unit 4 exam: Tuesday 19th June, pm
Easter Revision: tbc
A2 Syllabus: AQA Sociology GCE (new specification)
Unit 3: Mass Media (SCLY3)
Worth 20% of your final A Level
Written paper, 1 hour 30 minutes
60 marks available
Unit 4: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods (SCLY4)
Worth 30% of your final A Level
Written paper, 2 hours
90 marks available
Timetable
Use your revision checklists to draw up a timetable for revision leading up to the exam. Make sure you cover everything, but make sure it is manageable – you can’t spend every minute working, so allow yourself some time off, both short breaks and occasional days or half days.
Try http://getrevising.co.uk/
Resources
Handouts and powerpoints from lessons are available on the shared drive and on the VLE.
Additional revision resources will be available to download from the VLE
Use the list of websites in this pack to help you identify other useful revision resources
AQA SCLY3
Unit 3: Mass Media
There are 4 sections – choose the CORRECT one, Mass Media (should be section C), and answer all the questions from that section.
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 mins
Maximum marks: 60
Time per mark = max 1.5 min.
Questions carrying 18+marks should be answered in continuous prose and you will be marked on your ability to use good English, to organise information clearly and to use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Answer question 10 and 11 and either 12 OR 13.
Possible Question outlines
Marks
Timing
10
Identify and briefly explain 3 ways / problems…
e.g. 3 ways in which the news is socially constructed
9 marks
<15 mins
To get full marks for either permutations of this question, you need to:
Identify 3 separate pieces of relevant and appropriate sociological evidence that support the view expressed in the item, you will get 1 mark for each relevant and appropriate identification.
Give a detailed, but brief, explanation of how the identified sociological evidence