Media Studies A-Level
Representation and visibility
What Representation and visibility means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Representation and visibility
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Reference: AQA
Who is placed at the centre of a text and who at its edges, including which groups speak, are spoken about and are barely visible.
Topics that use Representation and visibility
- Theories around ethnicity and postcolonial theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience negotiation and hybridisation
- Belonging and exclusion
- Centre and periphery
- Cultural imperialism
- Dominant culture and marginalisation
- Imagined communities
- Marginalisation
- Media and collective identity
Using Representation and visibility in the exam
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