Media Studies A-Level
Place, device and social setting
What Place, device and social setting means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Place, device and social setting
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Specific conditions including where and when a text is consumed, the device used, and whether viewing is solitary or shared.
Topics that use Place, device and social setting
- Reception theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Decoding and preferred meaning
- Framing
- Reception theory
- Relationship between framing and agenda setting
- Salience
- Variation in audience reception
- Agenda setting
- Conditions of consumption
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