Media Studies A-Level
Causality and event linkage
What Causality and event linkage means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Causality and event linkage
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The causal links a text asks an audience to accept between events, stating how one event causes, enables or blocks another.
Topics that use Causality and event linkage
- Narratology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience positioning through narrative
- Chronology versus causality
- Diegesis
- Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
- Narrating voice and source
- Narration
- Narrative function
- Narrative structure
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