noun
listenership
Listenership (noun) means the people who listen to a particular radio programme, podcast or similar broadcast.
noun
1
The people who listen to a particular radio programme, podcast or similar broadcast.
"The American research confirmed the figure of 35 million as the average listenership of the station within Nigeria."
— Mansur Abdulkadir, Popular Culture in Advertising: Nigerian Hausa Radio (2000)
2
The act of listening carefully to what someone is saying.
"Marsha refers to the characteristic which Pam identified, showing verbal agreement, as "a bad habit," claiming that rather than showing good listenership, it often masks not listening ("tune 'em out")."
— Deborah Tannen, Gender Differences in Conversational Coherence: Physical Alignment and Topical Cohesion (1994)
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Etymology
Formed from listener and -ship, a suffix denoting a property or state of being.
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What is the meaning of listenership?
"listenership" (noun) means the people who listen to a particular radio programme, podcast or similar broadcast.
What are the different meanings of listenership?
"listenership" has 2 main meanings: 1. The people who listen to a particular radio programme, podcast or similar broadcast; 2. The act of listening carefully to what someone is saying.
