Media Studies A-Level
Audience positioning through narrative
What Audience positioning through narrative means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Audience positioning through narrative
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How the quest structure shapes the way the audience is positioned and engaged, rather than merely summarising plot events.
Topics that use Audience positioning through narrative
- Narratology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Causality and event linkage
- Chronology versus causality
- Diegesis
- Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
- Narrating voice and source
- Narration
- Narrative function
- Narrative structure
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