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GCSE Media Studies · key term
The number of copies of a newspaper distributed or sold.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
The movement and availability of media products among audiences, such as newspaper copies being sold or digital material being shared.
Revise: Ownership, production and convergenceCirculation concerns how it becomes available and moves among audiences, whether through newspaper sales or digital sharing. These processes connect: a company may plan a product differently if it already owns a service on which it can release it.
Component 1, Component 2
Support explanations with a clear chain: industry decision → effect on the product or its circulation → consequence for the organisation.
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The spreading of media products among audiences, through methods such as print circulation, broadcasting and online sharing.
Circulation concerns how it spreads among audiences. These processes are connected, but they are not interchangeable. Making a film is different from arranging its cinema release; producing a newspaper is different from circulating printed copies or sharing its articles online.
The number of copies of a newspaper distributed or sold; it is different from readership, because several people may read one copy.
