Media Studies A-Level
Fan audience
What Fan audience means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fan audience
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An engaged, often loyal group that invests emotionally and socially in a text or star, producing fan culture, discussion and sometimes its own content.
Topics that use Fan audience
- Media audiences (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience interpretation
- Cultural context
- Demographic categorisation
- Fan culture
- Historical context
- Mass audiences
- Media technologies and platforms
- Niche audience
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