Media Studies A-Level
Constructed reality
What Constructed reality means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Constructed reality
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Reference: AQA
The idea that media texts do not hold a mirror to the world but build a version of it through selection, editing, framing, casting, lighting and language.
Topics that use Constructed reality
- Theories of representation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience reception
- Audience understanding
- Consent versus coercion
- Distortion and omission
- Dominant ideology in media
- Evidence-based reading of representation
- Framing
- Generalisation and fixed traits
Using Constructed reality in the exam
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