Media Studies A-Level
Negotiated reading
What Negotiated reading means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Negotiated reading
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A reading that accepts part of the preferred meaning while adapting or resisting other elements, often because the reader's own social position or experience conflicts with parts of the text.
Topics that use Negotiated reading
Related terms
- Asymmetry of meaning
- Decoding
- Encoding
- Oppositional reading
- Reception theory
- Stuart Hall
- Hegemonic reading
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