Feminist reception studies in a post-audience age: returning to audiences and everyday life | Synapse
January 2, 2017Open Access
Feminist reception studies in a post-audience age: returning to audiences and everyday life
Key Points
This research explores the role of feminist perspectives in audience studies within contemporary media contexts.
Qualitative analysis of audience reception studies
Examination of feminist media scholarship
Discussions on everyday life implications
Feminist engagement enriches understanding of audience interactions with media.
Qualitative approaches uncover the complexities of everyday life and media consumption.
Post-audience perspectives necessitate a return to audience-focused studies.
Abstract
Joke O. K. E. Hermes recently wrote that “Qualitative audience studies have arguably been the best possible expression of feminist engagement in media studies” (2014, 61). It was the recognition th...