Media Studies A-Level
Critical audience reception
What Critical audience reception means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Critical audience reception
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Reference: AQA
A media-literate reader asks who made the text, for which audience and purpose, and which viewpoints are included or left out.
Topics that use Critical audience reception
- Media effects (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience needs and gratification
- Critique of early effects models
- Disproportion and amplification
- Folk devils and stereotyping
- Moral panic
- Passive audience
- Repeated exposure over time
- Uniform effects
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