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Audience Profiling. Audience. Audience. Audience. Audience. Audience. Audience. Basic Audience Analysis. Each of the following considers politics, but notice how the audience differs: Blog Blog II C-Span Onion Jib-Jab. Consider the types of readers:. Primary readers Action Takers
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Basic Audience Analysis • Each of the following considers politics, but notice how the audience differs: • Blog • Blog II • C-Span • Onion • Jib-Jab
Consider the types of readers: • Primary readers • Action Takers • Secondary Readers • Advisors • Tertiary Readers • Evaluators • Gatekeepers • Supervisors From Johnson-Sheehan, Technical Communication Today, 2nd. Ed. P. 43
Analysis • Determine what agenda the author has • Consider who is likely to: • Encounter the text • Read the text • Be affected by the text • Discuss the text • Refer to the text • When making a claim about your analysis, always use plenty of examples from the text!