Audience Reception Theory 1) The Preferred Reading of the media text means that the text is read as the producers intended. 2) The Oppositional Reading of a media text means that the text is read not as the producers intended, and from a point of view of someone who rejects the intended message. The audience construct their own view of the product. 3) The Harry Brown film aptly demonstrates the teenagers as being violent and rebellious. This is perfectly conveyed through the actions of the teenagers, which include setting things on fire and killing or threatening people to assert violence. The use of this could present that the Preferred Reading of the film might be to sympathise with the main character, Harry Brown, and conclude that the film represents the majority of youth behaviour and reflects teenage behaviour because of the use of stereotypical representation. 4) The Harry Brown film might inspire Oppositional Readings of the film among youth because of the way it pre...
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