Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Audience Theory

Julian McDougall (2009) - suggests that in the online age it is getting harder to conceive a media audience as a stable, identifiable group.

however - audiences still clearly make scene and give meaning to cultural products.

An audience can be described as a 'temporary collective'  -  McQuail, 1972)

Key terms - Mass / Niche & Mainstream / Alternative


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