Baudrillard and postmodernism
What Baudrillard and postmodernism means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Baudrillard and postmodernism
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Baudrillard's wider postmodern argument links hyperreality to media saturation.
Topics that use Baudrillard and postmodernism
Related terms
- Hyperreality
- Representation
- Sign and referent
- Simulation
- Audience response to constructed versions
- Media saturation
- Simulacra
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