Media Studies A-Level
Self-aware referencing
What Self-aware referencing means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Self-aware referencing
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Reference: AQA
Intertextuality in postmodern contexts that is often playful, drawing attention to the borrowing.
Topics that use Self-aware referencing
- Postmodernism (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Bricolage
- Cross-reference between texts
- Imitation of style
- Intertextuality
- Parody
- Pastiche
- Audience knowledge
- Blurring of original and copy
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