bartley 3E ss eoy paper 2022 (lorms)

2022 EOY SS 3E Answer Scheme 1 Study Source A. What does Source A tell you about the impact of the use of social media? [5] Skill: Inference of source Level of Response LEVEL DESCRIPTOR Marks Allocation L1 Describes source only without inference/Misreads source 1m L2 Infers about the use of social media Award 3m for well-supported answers E.g. Source A tells me that social media was used extensively from the evidence “taken together, the videos form a rare expression of public anger towards their political leaders”. (2m) This implies that many people in Shanghai used social media to express their displeasure towards their government which highlighted the wide usage of social media. (3m) 2 – 3m L3 Infers about the nature of impact of the use of social media. Award 4m for an inference with evidence Award 5m for an explanation of the impact E.g.: Source A tells me that there the impact of the use of social media is dangerous from the evidence “many residents have tired of the government’s approach in handling the pandemic and social media has opened a window of opportunity for them to express their fury. (4m) This suggests that the impact is negative as social media was being used as a tool to incite public discontentment which can lead to instability. (5m) 4 – 5m

2 Study Source B. Why do you think this post was made on social media? Explain your answer. [6] Skill: Inferring intention of a source Level of Response LEVEL DESCRIPTOR Marks Allocation L1 Because of source details only 1m L2 Because of general context E.g. Because new variants have been discovered for Covid 2m L3 Because of the message it is sending Award 4m for well-supported answers E.g. Posting was made because the poster wanted to motivate netizens that an important meeting is going to be conducted by the World Health Organisation as the posting states “LIVE: Update on Covid -19 variants and epidemiological situation with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove” 3 – 4m L4 Because of the intended outcome E.g.: Posting was made because the poster wanted to motivate netizens that an important meeting is going to be conducted by the World Health Organisation so that netizens will attend the meeting to pose questions to increase their knowledge about COVID -19. The p ost states “LIVE: Update on Covid-19 variants and epidemiological situation with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove”. By including the live video thumbnail and link, it hopes to make netizens feel encouraged that they can access the meeting easily and thus attend it. Max L3/4 for answers without clear message 5m L5 L2 + L4 6m Note: Students are expected to present answers as a reason.

3 Study Sources C and D. How different are these two sources? Explain your answer. [7]