listenership

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listenership

  • /ˈlɪsənəʃɪp/ UK
  • /ˈlɪsnəʃɪp/ UK
  • /ˈlɪsənɚʃɪp/ US
  • /ˈlɪsnɚʃɪp/ US

Where it comes from

From listener + -ship (suffix denoting a property or state of being).

noun listenerships

  1. countable, uncountable The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio), an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast). While Soviet jamming is intense, particularly in the vicinity of Moscow, we have evidence that "Voice [of America]" programs can be heard in areas 25 miles from Moscow and that there are listeners in numerous cities throughout the Soviet Union. Listenership in the satellites, according to refugees,
  2. countable, uncountable The act of paying attention to a conversation or speech; listening. Following are the main features found in the talk of three of the six Thanksgiving celebrants. [...] 3. Pacing. (a) faster rate of speech, (b) inter-turn pauses avoided (silence is evidence of lack of rapport), (c) faster turntaking, (d) cooperative overlap and participatory listenership.

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