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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — Internet: Community repair forums; Section A: two representations of online repair communities in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 2 — Internet: Gig-work platforms; Section A: two representations of platform-based work in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 3 — Internet: Local emergency-news verification; Section A: two representations of online local news in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 4 — Internet: Second-hand marketplaces; Section A: two representations of online second-hand trading in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 5 — Internet: Online petitions and follow-through; Section A: two representations of online community campaigns in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 6 — Internet: Music discovery platforms; Section A: two representations of online music discovery in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 7 — Internet: Multilingual neighbourhood groups; Section A: two representations of multilingual online communities in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 8 — Internet: Tourism geotags; Section A: two representations of online travel sharing in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 9 — Internet: Restaurant review fairness; Section A: two representations of online customer reviews in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 10 — Internet: Internet-enabled remote-work boundaries; Section A: two representations of internet-enabled remote work in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 11 — Print Media: Local newspapers as record and civic forum; Section A: two representations of local newspapers in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 12 — Print Media: Student magazines as voice and editorial selection; Section A: two representations of school magazines in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 13 — Print Media: Printed tourism brochures as invitation and usable guide; Section A: two representations of printed tourism brochures in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 14 — Print Media: Printed community notices as accessible prompts with limits; Section A: two representations of printed community-awareness notices in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 15 — Print Media: Club newsletters as recognition and practical invitation; Section A: two representations of printed club newsletters in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 16 — Print Media: Community-history magazines as public record and edited account; Section A: two representations of printed community-history magazines in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 17 — Print Media: Print advertising as persuasive invitation and qualified promise; Section A: two representations of print advertisements in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 18 — Print Media: Newspaper reporting as selective frame and fuller public account; Section A: two representations of local newspaper reporting in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 19 — Print Media: Consultation leaflets as clear introductions and invitations to reply; Section A: two representations of printed consultation leaflets in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text
• Exam 20 — Print Media: Community zines as accessible knowledge exchange and maintained publications; Section A: two representations of printed community zines in an original written media text; Section B: viewpoints, opinions or ideas, language features and structures in an original visual media text