Media Studies A-Level
Shared belonging
What Shared belonging means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Shared belonging
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Reference: AQA
A sense of who 'we' are formed around a group, which media representations help to shape and which is open to dispute.
Topics that use Shared belonging
- Theories of identity as summarised by Gauntlett (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience negotiation
- Collective identity
- Constructed identity
- Media materials for self-presentation
- Social interaction
- Application to named texts
- Contested identity
- Fluidity of identity
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