Media Studies A-Level
Exchange value
What Exchange value means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Exchange value
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Reference: AQA
The value creative work acquires when it is turned into a good that can be sold.
Topics that use Exchange value
Related terms
- Audience interpretation and local adaptation
- Commercial imperatives
- Commodification
- Conglomeration
- Convergence
- Cultural imperialism
- Global flow of media products
- Hesmondhalgh's account of cultural industry structure
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