Deutschland 83 Audience

Question 1

Apply Cultivation Theory

Answer 1

Audiences could establish a mean world index through cultivating beliefs that the East bad, such as Reagans ‘evil empire speech’
They are positioned to say the west is bad in this case

Question 2

Reception theory

Answer 2

Hegemonic- young people from east, they have not experienced the event for themselves however reflects family history
Negotiated- someone in the UK or America who has dominant ideologies associated from Reagans evil empire speech
Oppositional- biased from own beliefs, possibly a soldier from the west.

Question 3

Apply End of Audience

Answer 3

transmedia engagement eg. spotify playlists for each episode or the tag #Deutschland83

Question 4

Apply Jenkins participary culture theory

Answer 4

Active audience creates fan content and Youtube montages through textual poaching.