DEYI SEC SCH 4NA SS 2019 Prelim - Ans

DYSS Social Studies 4N Prelims 2019 Suggested Answer Scheme Issue: Do citizens in the United Kingdom use social media responsibly? Section A (Source-based Case Study) [35m] 1a) What does the source tell you about how social media is used? Explain your answer. [5] L1 Answers based on provenance or mere description of source e.g. The source is a tweet and it is an infographic that provides the statistics of cyberbullies and suicide rates in UK. [1] L2 Answers based on inferences, unsupported Eg. The source tells me that social media can be used to spread awareness that immigrants in the United Kingdom play an integral role in UK and that they should not be put down for any reason The source tells me that social media can be used as a positive influence to unite society. [2-3] L3 Answers based on inferences, supported Award 4 marks for 1 inference supported Award 5 marks for 2 inferences, supported/ one well explained inference E.g. The source tells me that social media is used as a news medium to spread awareness that immigrants in the United Kingdom play an integral role in UK and that they should not be put down for any reason. To achieve this, it is mentioned in the source that the “I am an Immigrant” campaign features posters with photos of immigrants, along with their home country and their job in the UK. Some of the highlighted professions include a teacher and nurses.” This then serves to highlight that immigrants that come into the society take up important roles as nurses to take care of the UK citizens and to as teachers to educate the future of UK. Eg. The source tells me that social media is used as a positive influence to unite society. This online movement was started because it wanted to convince the citizens in UK that, migrants are a productive addition to society. Through this, it hopes to reduce the growing anti -migrant sentiments and garner support for migrants coming into the UK. The source mentions [4-5]

(b) Study Source B. Why was this infographic published? Explain your answer. [6] L1 Answers based on provenance or generalised answers not using source content e.g. The infographic is for online users to be friendly to each other and to stop death rates . [1] L2 Answers based on the context i.e. no use of source content. Purpose with outcome, unsupported The source was published to alert young UK social media users and possibly their parents about the negative effect of Cyberbullying. Through this, it is hoped the right precautions will be taken to respond to cyberbullying situations so that suicide rates and other negative impacts on school students can be reduced or avoided all together. [2-3] L3 Infers Message based on content Eg. The source tells me that young social media users can become easy victims of cyberbullying. The source shows that the likely hood of those getting bullied in the cyberspace and