Mediation: Controlling how the spectator perceives the footage through the producers interpretation.

Distortion: altering or manipulating real footage or information to fit a purpose.

Hyperreality: perceived to be more real than a real thing, or too real to be real.

Verisimilitude: how believable the it is.

Bias: Having personal opinion alter how facts are percieved.

Objectivity:

Selecting & editing: The process of choosing what to show and what not to show which in turn will create new meanings.