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The word '''[[audience]]''', in the sense of a group of assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting, is generally used in South Africa. The term '''[[spectators]]''' however is reserved for sporting events, the term '''[[listeners]]''' for radio and the term '''[[viewers]]''' for TV. (The [[Afrikaans]] equivalent term '''[[gehoor]]''' strictly speaking means "to have heard", but is used for all audio-visual performance forms and media, such as theatre performances of all kinds, TV and film) | The word '''[[audience]]''', in the sense of a group of assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting, is generally used in South Africa. The term '''[[spectators]]''' however is reserved for sporting events, the term '''[[listeners]]''' for radio and the term '''[[viewers]]''' for TV. (The [[Afrikaans]] equivalent term '''[[gehoor]]''' strictly speaking means "to have heard", but is used for all audio-visual performance forms and media, such as theatre performances of all kinds, TV and film) | ||
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Audience: General definition
As used in South Africa
The word audience, in the sense of a group of assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting, is generally used in South Africa. The term spectators however is reserved for sporting events, the term listeners for radio and the term viewers for TV. (The Afrikaans equivalent term gehoor strictly speaking means "to have heard", but is used for all audio-visual performance forms and media, such as theatre performances of all kinds, TV and film)
Theatre audiences
The nature and role of the audience
Audience participation
Film Audiences
The nature and role of the audience
Radio audiences
The nature and role of the audience
Television audiences
The nature and role of the audience
Audience studies
Audience studies in South Africa
Theatre audiences
Film Audiences
Radio audiences
Television audiences
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_reception
https://www.google.co.za/#q=Audience+studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_audience_theory
Susan Bennett 1990. Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception. London and New York: Routledge.
Hauptfleisch 1997.
Snowball et al.
Sources
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