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GCSE Media Studies · key term
The process of choosing which people, images, words or events to include in a media product and which to leave out.
Used by AQA and Eduqas
Paper 1, Paper 2
Choosing which material or elements to include in a media product.
Revise: Signs, communication and modes of addressSelection: choosing material to include.
The producer’s choices about what to include in a media product and what to leave out.
Move beyond identifying a feature: explain how its selection or combination with other elements creates meaning.
Do not treat ‘constructed’ as meaning ‘false’. Accurate reporting still involves selection and mediation.
Do not treat ‘constructed’ as meaning ‘false’. An accurate photograph or report still involves selection, organisation and emphasis.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
Component 1, Component 2
A producer’s choice of what to include in a media product and what to leave out.
Revise: Re-presentation: selection, construction and mediationSelection means deciding what to include and exclude. A newspaper editor chooses which stories reach the front page and which photograph accompanies each story. In fiction, producers select which characters and experiences to show.
The process of choosing which people, images, words and details to include in a media product, and which to leave out.
