Reception Studies

Reception Studies is a scholarly approach in literary and media analysis that examines how audiences actively construct meanings from texts through their particular cultural, social, historical, and personal contexts, rather than treating meaning as intrinsic to or determined by the text or authorial intention.

815

Publications

39.4K

Citations

1.3K

Authors

544

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

116

Authors

1.3K

  1. SL
    Sonia Livingstone

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 373 citations

    7

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  2. KB
    Klaus Bruhn Jensen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 publications · 340 citations

    6

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  3. RC
    Robert C. Holub

    Chicago Department of Public Health, United States

    6 publications · 937 citations

    6

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  4. JC
    Jonathan Cohen

    University of Haifa, Israel

    4 publications · 197 citations

    4

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  5. YR
    Yvonne Rogers

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 168 citations

    3

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1–5 of 1.3K

Venues

  1. interactions

    43 publications · 3.1K citations

    20

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 1.7K citations

    19

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  3. Communications of the ACM

    25 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

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  4. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

    14 publications · 777 citations

    14

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  5. European Journal of Communication

    12 publications · 915 citations

    11

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See also

Reception Studies

Core Methods

Audience Contexts

Historical Development