Eduqas A-Level Geography A110QS
Coastal LandscapesLandscape
Glaciated LandscapesLandscape
Changing Places
Water and Carbon Cycles
Global Migration
Global Governance of the Oceans
Tectonic Hazards
EcosystemsContemporary theme
Economic Growth and Challenge: IndiaContemporary theme
Economic Growth and Challenge: ChinaContemporary theme
Development in an African ContextContemporary theme
Energy Challenges and DilemmasContemporary theme
Weather and ClimateContemporary theme
Geographical Skills
Changing Places
Representing places through advertising and promotion
- 2 things to know
- Component 1 Section B
Overview
Place representation, four media through which places are represented and place marketing.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Name four media through which places are represented.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is meant by place representation?
Model answer
Place representation is the way a place is portrayed to other people through words, images and data. Every representation selects some features of a place and leaves others out.
- 2
Name four media through which places are represented.
Model answer
Photography, film, advertising and news journalism all represent places. Novels, music, painting and social media carry place representations as well.
- 3
How does a tourist board's promotional image differ from an everyday photograph of the same street?
Model answer
A promotional image is staged in good weather, with litter, traffic and empty shops kept out of frame. An everyday photograph records the ordinary street, including its problems.
- 4
What is place marketing?
Model answer
Place marketing is the deliberate promotion of a place to attract visitors, residents or investors. Slogans, logos, events and advertising campaigns are its usual tools.
- 5
Explain the difference between place marketing and place making.
Model answer
Place marketing changes how a place is presented to outsiders through image and publicity. Place making changes the place itself, through new buildings, public space and activity.
- 6
How can a television series change visitor numbers to a place?
Model answer
A popular series turns its filming locations into destinations for fans who want to see them. Visitor numbers, parking pressure and souvenir trade all rise sharply afterwards.
Other ways to work this
The same content, four other ways.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Every question in Changing Places, on a schedule.
Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.
Or £46 a year, about £3.83 a month. Cancel anytime.