Media Studies A-Level
Commercial funding
What Commercial funding means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Commercial funding
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Reference: AQA
Income from advertising, subscriptions, sponsorship and sales, so products must attract audiences that advertisers or subscribers value.
Topics that use Commercial funding
- Media industries (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience maintenance
- Circulation
- Conglomerate ownership
- Constraints on individual creativity
- Digital disruption of regulation
- Distribution
- Diversification
- Division of labour and professional skills
Using Commercial funding in the exam
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