Media Studies A-Level
Group representation
What Group representation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Group representation
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Reference: AQA
Shared representations, language or symbols that media provide for a group, which members may adopt or contest.
Topics that use Group representation
- 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
- Contested identity
- Fluidity of identity
Using Group representation in the exam
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