Media Studies A-Level
Media representation and normalisation
What Media representation and normalisation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Media representation and normalisation
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Recurring images of women and men normalise a hierarchy that audiences may absorb without noticing.
Topics that use Media representation and normalisation
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