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