Representation refers to the construction in any medium of aspects of reality. This includes people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. This is very notable in the mass media, and representations may take place in speeches, writing and still and moving pictures.
Representation is a constructed version of reality, and everything in the media is represented in a way that differs from reality. For instance, two newspaper companies may have the same set of statistics on a subject; one may choose to present the statistics in a positive light, whereas the other may think that the statistics are mainly negative.
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