Media Studies A-Level
Inequality in audience competence
What Inequality in audience competence means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Inequality in audience competence
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It raises the question of who is responsible when literacy is unevenly distributed, and relying on it can disadvantage those with fewer skills or resources.
Topics that use Inequality in audience competence
- Regulation as summarised by Livingstone and Lunt (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Citizen versus consumer framing
- Citizen versus consumer interest
- Contested purposes of media regulation
- Contested regulation
- Globalisation
- Independence from state and commercial pressure
- Jurisdiction
- Livingstone and Lunt on regulatory strain
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