Media Studies A-Level
Sign and referent
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The connection between them is lost in Baudrillard's theory of simulation and hyperreality, where the map precedes the territory.
Topics that use Sign and referent
Related terms
- Hyperreality
- Representation
- Simulation
- Audience response to constructed versions
- Baudrillard and postmodernism
- Media saturation
- Simulacra
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