Media Studies A-Level
Disproportion and amplification
What Disproportion and amplification means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Disproportion and amplification
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The defining features of a moral panic, where coverage amplifies concern beyond the measurable harm and the claimed threat is out of proportion to evidence.
Topics that use Disproportion and amplification
- Media effects (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience needs and gratification
- Critical audience reception
- Critique of early effects models
- Folk devils and stereotyping
- Moral panic
- Passive audience
- Repeated exposure over time
- Uniform effects
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