Text Producers and Receivers (AQA A-Level English Language): Flashcards
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Text producers
Text producers
People/groups who create written material or verbal messages
Text receivers
Text receivers
People/groups who read, view, or listen to texts
Encoding (producers)
Encoding (producers)
Process where producers actively construct meanings in texts
Decoding (receivers)
Decoding (receivers)
Process where receivers interpret & extract meanings from texts
Context in text communication
Context in text communication
Everything surrounding text: norms, history, attitudes, setting
Three modes of communication
Three modes of communication
Spoken, written, and multimodal
Common purposes of texts
Common purposes of texts
To inform, persuade, entertain, or instruct
Causes of miscommunication
Causes of miscommunication
Cultural, personal, contextual differences, language barriers
Power dynamics in texts
Power dynamics in texts
Who has authority over meanings & how power is established
C.M.P. factors
C.M.P. factors
Context, Mode, Purpose - affect producers & receivers