Media Studies A-Level
Genres of integration
What Genres of integration means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Genres of integration
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Genres that centre on tensions within a group or community, resolved through reconciliation, the formation of a couple or the rebuilding of collective harmony.
Topics that use Genres of integration
- Genre theory as summarised by Neale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Conflict and resolution types
- Conventions
- Genre as cultural category
- Genre as repetition and difference
- Genre conventions and change over time
- Genres of order
- Institutional and audience shaping of genre
- Neale's genre theory
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