Construction

The process of combining media elements, such as images, layout and wording, to create meanings.

The way a media product is put together using choices such as images, words, sound, editing and layout to communicate meaning.

Construction concerns how the chosen elements are put together. Directors, editors and designers organise images, words, sound and layout to create meanings. A photograph placed prominently beside a large headline carries a different emphasis from the same photograph placed in a small box at the bottom of a page.

The way selected elements are arranged and combined to create a media product and its meanings.

Apply selection, construction and mediation to the product rather than simply defining them. Eduqas requires these perspectives, but does not require a named representation theorist.

The selection and arrangement of a media product’s elements, such as language, images and layout, to communicate meaning.

The process of building a representation by combining elements of media language, such as images, words, sound and layout.

Construction means building the representation using media language: images, words, sound, camera techniques and layout. The combination matters. A photograph beside a critical headline can suggest something different from the same photograph beside a positive headline.

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AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572

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