Media Studies A-Level
Participatory media
What Participatory media means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Participatory media
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Channels through which ordinary people report, publish and distribute news and comment themselves.
Topics that use Participatory media
- 'End of audience' theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- 'End of audience'
- Audience participation
- Citizen journalism
- Convergence
- Cross-platform audience behaviour
- Gatekeeping and platform power
- Producer–audience boundary
- Prosumer
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