Media Studies A-Level
Contested identity
What Contested identity means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Contested identity
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A shared identity that is open to dispute and can be adopted or contested by the members of a group.
Topics that use Contested identity
- Theories of identity as summarised by Gauntlett (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience negotiation
- Collective identity
- Constructed identity
- Media materials for self-presentation
- Social interaction
- Application to named texts
- Fluidity of identity
- Group representation
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