Media Key Terms

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A narrative device by which resolution is produced through action; e.g. a shoot-out
Action Code
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Recordings of images and sounds of events made on location as they actually happen for inclusion in news reports or documentaries
Actuality
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Selection of important news events
Agenda setting
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The fixing or limiting of a particular set of meanings to an image
Anchorage
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To lean towards a particular point of view; to demonstrate a prejudice
Bias
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The presence of opposing forces or qualities such as light and dark, good and evil, etc. A key means of acquiring understanding in media products
Binary oppositions
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Recordings of images and sounds of events made on location as they actually happen for inclusion in news reports or documentaries

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Actuality

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Selection of important news events

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The fixing or limiting of a particular set of meanings to an image

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To lean towards a particular point of view; to demonstrate a prejudice

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