Representation as construction
What Representation as construction means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Media construct meaning, so choices about what to include and exclude shape how audiences understand a group.
The idea that media construct rather than simply reflect reality.
Topics that use Representation as construction
- 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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