Media Studies A-Level
Media materials for self-presentation
What Media materials for self-presentation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Media materials for self-presentation
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Reference: AQA
Media representations supply materials such as images, role models or lifestyle cues that people may use when presenting themselves to others.
Topics that use Media materials for self-presentation
- Theories of identity as summarised by Gauntlett (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience negotiation
- Collective identity
- Constructed identity
- Social interaction
- Application to named texts
- Contested identity
- Fluidity of identity
- Group representation
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