Media Studies A-Level
Audience knowledge
What Audience knowledge means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Audience knowledge
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Reference: AQA
The audience's recognition of the texts being referenced, on which the meaning of an intertextual reference depends.
Topics that use Audience knowledge
- Postmodernism (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Bricolage
- Cross-reference between texts
- Imitation of style
- Intertextuality
- Parody
- Pastiche
- Blurring of original and copy
- Collage and pastiche
Using Audience knowledge in the exam
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