Klausur (assessment) — Unit 5: Media and Public Opinion

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)
This Unit’s exam example follows the Abitur task pattern named in the Unit. Some Units focus on a single Abitur-task type (Comprehension / Analysis / Composition / Mediation / Kommunikationsprüfung); the full 90-BE Klausur is rehearsed in Klasse 12 Units 11-12 and continues in Klasse 13 Units 7-9.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

“Algorithmic amplification produces attention asymmetries that are not the same as public opinion. The visible majority on a platform is a function of the platform’s ranking signals, not of the underlying population.”

  1. Amplification produces: ___ . 2. Visible majority is: ___ . 3. Function of: ___ . 4. NOT the same as: ___ .

Analysis Link to heading

Read the two paraphrased extracts above.

  1. Tufekci’s distinction: ___ . 2. Wu’s genealogical claim: ___ . 3. The shared underlying argument: ___ . 4. The political consequence: ___ .

Composition / Mediation / Reflection Link to heading

Composition prompt: Decompose the visible majority concept in 350 words. Use 4 platform-media terms + 4 markers + 1 cleft.

Additional task Link to heading

Mediation prompt: A 250-word German Plattform-regulierungs-Bericht (e.g. Bundeskartellamt) for an English-speaking platform-policy reader. (Source provided in class.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. 1. attention asymmetries; 2. function of platform’s ranking signals; 3. ranking signals; 4. public opinion / underlying population. Analysis. 1. public opinion vs. visible majority; 2. attention merchants — business model continuous, gatekeepers less visible, micro-targeting more precise; 3. platforms shape what they appear to measure; 4. regulatory transparency as the political question. Composition. Open. Mediation. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) — Abitur-grade Klausuren

| 86–90 | 1+ | 81–85 | 1 | 76–80 | 1- | | 71–75 | 2+ | 66–70 | 2 | 61–65 | 2- | | 56–60 | 3+ | 51–55 | 3 | 46–50 | 3- | | 41–45 | 4+ | 36–40 | 4 | 30–35 | 4- | | 22–29 | 5 | 0–21 | 6 | | |

(Single-section Klausuren in this year scale to the proportional BE-weight of the section in the full Klausur.)