Media Studies A-Level
Audience power
What Audience power means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Audience power
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Reference: AQA
Fans do not accept the producer's meaning as final, and their reworking reveals their relationship with the original.
Topics that use Audience power
- Fandom - Jenkins' ideas and theories on fandom (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Community and sharing
- Fan production
- Active audiences
- Participatory culture
- Reinterpretation of texts
- Relationship between fans and producers
- Textual poaching
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