Media Studies A-Level
Distortion and omission
What Distortion and omission means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Distortion and omission
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Reference: AQA
Selective omission, exaggeration, loaded language or decontextualised images that produce a gap between a portrayal and a defensible account of it.
Topics that use Distortion and omission
- Theories of representation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience reception
- Audience understanding
- Consent versus coercion
- Constructed reality
- Dominant ideology in media
- Evidence-based reading of representation
- Framing
- Generalisation and fixed traits
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