How representations reflect or challenge the views and values of a context

What this note covers

1. What a representation is: construction, selection and omission
2. How representations are constructed: codes, conventions and narrative position
3. Views and values: two words that are not synonyms
4. Reflecting the views and values of a context
5. Challenging the views and values of a context
6. Most narratives do both: dominant, alternative and oppositional representations
7. Different audiences, different readings of the same representation
8. How representation is examined and what separates a top-band answer

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