... motion picture? What is the importance of realism? Realism is a term used to the degree to which media representations accurately reflect the way things really are, and not as we wish them to be. There is no one criterion by which the term realism of a media text may be judged. We often measure how realistic media is by comparing it to something that ... has happened before in our own situated culture. What is real therefore can be subjective and controversial subject, where a text that one person perhaps considers to be realistic ... the story, then it's a short jump to the idea of re...

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