Key terms & definitions

Returning a selected item before the next selection so that the original collection is restored.

The time between acquiring a digital device and replacing it with another.

The capacity of a game to remain enjoyable or rewarding when played again after completion.

Repeating an investigation to test whether its findings can be obtained again.

Carrying out a study again to investigate whether similar results are obtained.

Repeating an investigation using a fresh sample and comparable methods and conditions to check whether similar findings are obtained.

Repeating a study to check whether similar results are obtained.

A structured, fact-based text that presents information, evaluates a situation and may recommend action for a particular reader.

A factual-seeming style of reporting events, often using precise locations, times, documents and eyewitness accounts.

Crime that has been reported to the police.

A word or phrase identifying who speaks and sometimes how, such as ‘she whispered’.

A restriction on what the media may publish about a case, such as information identifying a protected person or prejudicing a trial.

Metalwork decoration made by hammering a design out from the back of a thin sheet.

The inclusion of people who speak on behalf of a wider group or community in political discussions and decisions.

A way of organising or displaying data, such as a table, chart or graph.

Having someone speak or act on your behalf to put forward your interests, concerns or case.

The way a media product constructs an image of a person, group, place or idea through selected details.

The way a film constructs a particular view of people, groups, places or ideas through choices about what to show and how to show it.

A model that uses a physical analogy or diagram to help visualise a system or mechanism.

A model that represents a system using objects, images, symbols or an analogy, such as a ball-and-stick molecule.

A physical analogy or visual representation used to make selected features of a system easier to picture.

A model that uses a picture, physical object or symbols to show selected features of something.

The law which extended parliamentary voting rights to men aged 21 or over and to women aged 30 or over who met additional property, local-government or university qualifications.

Data or a sample that accurately reflects the relevant characteristics of the wider population being studied.

A form of democracy in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.

The extent to which a source reflects a wider group, place or period rather than an individual case.

The extent to which collected data reflects the wider population, places or times being investigated.

The extent to which a research sample reflects the characteristics of the population about which conclusions are drawn.

The extent to which a sample reflects the relevant characteristics of its target population.

A sample reflecting the relevant characteristics and variation of the wider population or area being investigated.