Media Studies A-Level
Enculturation
What Enculturation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Enculturation
The process by which individuals acquire the values and behaviors of their surrounding culture through media exposure.
Topics that use Enculturation
- Media audiences (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience Agency
- Audience Positioning
- Cognitive Surplus
- Cultivation and Socialization
- Decentralization of Power
- Digital Labor and Monetization
- Encoding/Decoding
- First-Order Beliefs
Using Enculturation in the exam
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