Reception Studies Literature: Key Theoretical and Empirical Works

Sonia Livingstone compiled this dataset of key theoretical and empirical works in media reception studies. It references seminal texts by authors like Fiske, Eco, and Johnson, outlining core arguments about meaning-making between texts and audiences. The dataset appears to be a structured bibliography or literature review for the field.

Use Cases

• Literature review on reception theory based on the cited foundational works.
• Analyzing the evolution of key concepts like 'polysemic text' and 'interpretative community' based on the description.
• Mapping connections between theoretical frameworks (e.g., semiotics, cultural studies) and empirical audience research as described.
• Studying the shift from cognitive to collective, situated interpretations of media as outlined in the description.

Strengths

• Draws from foundational and influential authors in the field, such as Fiske (1987, 1992), Eco (1979), and Johnson (1986).
• Description explicitly connects theoretical assumptions to empirical research questions, as noted in Livingstone 1998.
• Covers a broad conceptual scope including semiotics, feminism, ethnography, and the circuit of culture.

Limitations

• Row count, column structure, and sample data are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• License is listed as closed, which may restrict usage.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Collection Method

Likely a curated collection of literature references.

Time Range

Covers works from 1979 to 2002 based on cited publications.