History A-Level
Media and cultural representation
What Media and cultural representation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Media and cultural representation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The different media, such as ceremonies, comics and television series, that contributed to remembrance and shaped public memory and attitudes.
Topics that use Media and cultural representation
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 1 Reporting and portraying war (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Censorship and control of information
- Changing public attitudes to war
- Heroism versus trauma in war portrayal
- Memory and commemoration
- The gap between reported war and lived experience
- Propaganda and public perception
- Technology and speed of communication
Using Media and cultural representation in the exam
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