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Active Spectatorship

Active Spectatorship is an academic construct within audience participation theory that denotes a form of audience engagement wherein spectators critically, emotionally, or behaviorally co-construct the meaning or outcome of a performance or media text through direct or indirect interaction, distinguishing it from passive observation by emphasizing participatory agency.

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2017–2026

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Active Audience Theory: Pendulums and Pitfalls

David Morley · Journal of Communication · 1993 · 208 citations

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Positive Parasocial Relationships with Drivers Affect Suspense in Racing Sport Spectators

Tilo Hartmann, Daniela Stuke, Gregor Daschmann · Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications · 2008 · 137 citations

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Active Audiences? The Debate Progresses But Is Far From Resolved

Sonia Livingstone · Communication Theory · 2015 · 93 citations · Full text

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Active audience theory: pointless populism

William R. Seaman · Media Culture & Society · 1992 · 85 citations

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Difference in Interrelationship between Spectators’ Motives and Behavioral Intentions Based on Emotional Attachment

Gi-Yong Koo, Robin N. Hardin · Sport Marketing Quarterly · 2008 · 81 citations

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Max Mühlhäuser

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. LM
    Laura Meadows

    Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (United States), United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  3. GD
    Gregor Daschmann

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    1 publications · 137 citations

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  4. DM
    David Morley

    Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 208 citations

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  5. WM
    Wyatt Moss-Wellington

    University of New England, Australia

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

26

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    91 citations

  2. Trinity College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  3. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  4. Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

    Belgrade, Serbia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

  5. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Manchester Metropolitan University

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  8. Motorola (United States)

    Schaumburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

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  1. Journal of Communication

    2 publications · 261 citations

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  2. Media Culture & Society

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  3. Journal of Northeast Asian Studies

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  4. Studies in Theatre and Performance

    STP · 1 publications · 20 citations

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