The phrase "audiences misunderstanding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how audiences may misinterpret or fail to grasp the intended meaning of a message, performance, or piece of art.
Example: "The film's complex themes led to audiences misunderstanding the director's true intentions."
Alternatives: "audience misinterpretation" or "audience confusion".
Because it's all to the audience, so the audience pieces together the misunderstanding.
Although the overwhelming majority of the audience voted against the motion, there was perhaps a misunderstanding among audience members that the lives of women were 'good' in the Mideast before the revolutions.
The people whining about BBC3 going online are showing an embarrassing misunderstanding of the audience BBC3 exists to serve.
The Amia affair might feel like lost love until you sought out the translations of her dialogue online, in which she seems more put-upon: when Louie insists that she's upset because she's Catholic and feels guilty about sex, she shouts, "I want to be alone and I'm not even Catholic!" Scenes like this were a test of audience trust; if they created misunderstanding, so be it.
"There was a misunderstanding," he told the audience.
The greater their level of misunderstanding, the more an audience in Scotland finds itself empathising with the occupied nations of the Middle East.
"For 20 years I have tried to build bridges between Islam and Christianity to dispel ignorance and misunderstanding," he told the audience.
Presently, the great majority of research never reaches a broader audience, contributing to the mistrust and misunderstanding of science among the general public.
And this is how the real trouble arises with regard to the ethics of how "misunderstandings" happen among broader audiences.
To minimize the chance for misunderstanding and keep your audience's attention throughout your speech, keep your words simple.
