Media Studies A-Level
Misrepresentation
What Misrepresentation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Misrepresentation
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Reference: AQA
A representation that distorts, omits or unfairly characterises a group, event or issue, pointing to a gap between how something is portrayed and a defensible account of it.
Topics that use Misrepresentation
- Theories of representation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience reception
- Audience understanding
- Consent versus coercion
- Constructed reality
- Distortion and omission
- Dominant ideology in media
- Evidence-based reading of representation
- Framing
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