Media Studies A-Level
Textual construction of viewpoint
What Textual construction of viewpoint means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Textual construction of viewpoint
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How selection and combination, such as cropping, voiceover address or editing order, invite the audience into a viewpoint on a represented group.
Topics that use Textual construction of viewpoint
- 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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