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Analyzing Audience and Purpose Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose

Analyzing Audience and Purpose Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose

Important Characteristics of Your Audience: • Who are your readers? • Why is your

Important Characteristics of Your Audience: • Who are your readers? • Why is your audience reading your document? • What are your readers’ attitudes and expectations? • How will your readers use your document? Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 2

Important Factors to Know About Readers • the reader’s education • the reader’s professional

Important Factors to Know About Readers • the reader’s education • the reader’s professional experience • the reader’s job responsibility • the reader’s personal characteristics • the reader’s personal preferences • the reader’s cultural characteristics Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 3

Audience Categories • a primary audience of people who will use your document in

Audience Categories • a primary audience of people who will use your document in carrying out their jobs • a secondary audience of people who need to stay aware of developments in the organization but who will not directly act on or respond to your document • a tertiary audience of people who might take an interest in the subject of the document Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 4

Audience Attitudes and Expectations • attitudes toward you • attitudes toward the subject •

Audience Attitudes and Expectations • attitudes toward you • attitudes toward the subject • expectations about the document Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 5

Why and How Readers Use Your Document • Why is the reader reading your

Why and How Readers Use Your Document • Why is the reader reading your document? • How will the reader read your document? • What is the reader’s reading skill level? • What is the physical environment in which the reader will read your document? Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 6

Learn About Your Audience • Determine what you already know about your audience. •

Learn About Your Audience • Determine what you already know about your audience. • Interview people. • Read about your audience online. • Search social media for documents your audience has written. Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 7

Determine Your Purpose Ask yourself: • What do I want this document to accomplish?

Determine Your Purpose Ask yourself: • What do I want this document to accomplish? • What do I want readers to know or believe? • What do I want readers to do? Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 8

Understand seven cultural variables that lie “on the surface”: • political • economic •

Understand seven cultural variables that lie “on the surface”: • political • economic • social • religious • educational • technological • linguistic Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's 9

Understanding Cultural Variables Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose

Understanding Cultural Variables Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose

“Beneath the Surface” Cultural Variables • focus on individuals or groups • distance between

“Beneath the Surface” Cultural Variables • focus on individuals or groups • distance between business life and private life • distance between ranks • nature of truth • need to spell out details • attitudes toward uncertainty Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 11

Considers about “Beneath the Surface” Cultural Variables • Each variable represents a spectrum of

Considers about “Beneath the Surface” Cultural Variables • Each variable represents a spectrum of attitudes. • The six variables do not line up in a clear pattern. • Different organizations within the same culture can vary greatly. • An organization’s cultural attitudes are fluid, not static. Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 12

Writing Strategies when Writing for Readers from Other Cultures: • • Limit your vocabulary.

Writing Strategies when Writing for Readers from Other Cultures: • • Limit your vocabulary. Keep sentences short. Define abbreviations and acronyms in a glossary. Avoid jargon unless you know your readers are familiar with it. Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 13

• • Avoid idioms and slang. Use the active voice whenever possible. Be

• • Avoid idioms and slang. Use the active voice whenever possible. Be careful with graphics. Be sure someone from the target culture reviews the document. Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 11

Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's

Chapter 4. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's

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