As promised, I’ve typed up the questions you wrote in yesterday’s revision session. Overall, they’re quite impressive. Below are the questions relating to the Format War (Blu-Ray) article and you can find the article by clicking on the title of this post. The questions for the Wii article are on another post. Where groups didn’t finish their questions, I’ve put them together those from other groups that didn’t finish. I’ve also allocated marks differently for some questions – where it is obvious that answering the question wouldn’t require 20 marks worth of thought and writing.
There are two ways that you can benefit from this exercise.
1) Complete the answers to the questions under timed conditions – you should allow yourself no more that ½ hour to complete these.
2) Comment on each other’s questions. You may find that in trying to answer the questions that they actually reveal a misunderstanding of the issues or that they could be worded more accurately. You may think that they don’t warrant the amount of marks allocated.Halimo's Group
1a) Identify three advantages of HD DVD (6)
1b) Name 4 pieces of evidence that indicate that Sony is dominant in the market. (8)
1c) Explain what is meant in the passage by:
i) ‘digital convergence’ (3)
ii) ‘high definition’ (3)
2 a) In what ways does the article suggest that format wars impact upon consumerism? (5)
2 b) Using your wider knowledge of NMTs, explain how producers now expect more from producers of technologies. (20)
Samaah’s Group
1a) Name three institutions that are now using Blue Ray? (6)
1b) Give 4 reasons why consumers are switching to Blue Ray? (8)
1c) Explain what is meant by:
i “digital convergence” (3)
ii “pirated” (3)
Danni’s Group
1a) Identify 3 institutions that have decided not to use HD-DVD (6)
1b) State 4 reasons why Sony’s Blue Ray won the Format War (8)
1c) Explain what is meant in the passage by:
i “next generation format war” (lines 8 and 9) (3)
ii “digital convergence a reality” (line 14) (3)
2 a) In what ways does the passage suggest that Sony’s Blue Ray victory affects the market? (5)
2 b) Using your wider knowledge of NMTs, discuss how Blue-Rays future will affect home cinema (20)
There are two ways that you can benefit from this exercise.
1) Complete the answers to the questions under timed conditions – you should allow yourself no more that ½ hour to complete these.
2) Comment on each other’s questions. You may find that in trying to answer the questions that they actually reveal a misunderstanding of the issues or that they could be worded more accurately. You may think that they don’t warrant the amount of marks allocated.Halimo's Group
1a) Identify three advantages of HD DVD (6)
1b) Name 4 pieces of evidence that indicate that Sony is dominant in the market. (8)
1c) Explain what is meant in the passage by:
i) ‘digital convergence’ (3)
ii) ‘high definition’ (3)
2 a) In what ways does the article suggest that format wars impact upon consumerism? (5)
2 b) Using your wider knowledge of NMTs, explain how producers now expect more from producers of technologies. (20)
Samaah’s Group
1a) Name three institutions that are now using Blue Ray? (6)
1b) Give 4 reasons why consumers are switching to Blue Ray? (8)
1c) Explain what is meant by:
i “digital convergence” (3)
ii “pirated” (3)
Danni’s Group
1a) Identify 3 institutions that have decided not to use HD-DVD (6)
1b) State 4 reasons why Sony’s Blue Ray won the Format War (8)
1c) Explain what is meant in the passage by:
i “next generation format war” (lines 8 and 9) (3)
ii “digital convergence a reality” (line 14) (3)
2 a) In what ways does the passage suggest that Sony’s Blue Ray victory affects the market? (5)
2 b) Using your wider knowledge of NMTs, discuss how Blue-Rays future will affect home cinema (20)
3 comments:
Thanks , very helpful. I may even attempt revision.
Vanessa,
Please be more specific about what you are meant to compare in each of these articles. I'm deleting them from the blog. If you wish to post a new comment with further info, you can post links to the articles.
Thank you for your reply i appreciate . I was wondering what type of questions i should have in mind to comparing and contrasting two articles such as the guardian and the daily mirror of the Madeleine McCann's abduction.
This is the link for the guardian article : http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/11/mccann.transcripts
This is the link to the daily mirror article:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/12/kate-and-gerry-mccann-s-fury-over-blatant-portuguese-police-leaks-89520-20380363/
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