What is Audience Analysis? ----- focus on before, during and after the speech was read Audience analysis can simply be termed as a process of gathering information about your listeners. The analysis gathered offers an insight of how to pass across your message so as the audience can respond as per your anticipation. Three phases make up a completed audience analysis; the first being adapting to ones audience before speaking. The best ways to do this is via, having a demographic analysis, environmental analysis and attitudinal analysis.…
1. Does oral communication still matter in this digital age? Yes, the oral communication is still matter in this digital age, because this is one of the most important skills that every employer must have. Besides that, people still need to communicate when they’re on the phone or any other technology devices (Pg. 279).…
Audience and rhetorical analysis describe the background information about the subject or idea that we are talking about. Knowing when it was published is a very important factor for anything you are inquiring from the advertisement. Our advertisement is 30 seconds long and we were able to pick out very distinct information only from watching the first 2 seconds. Rhetorical analysis is used to depict who we are addressing the situation to and what kind of people.…
The second Musician I want to talk about would be Michael Lington during the live Jazz Concert. Michael Lington is the Sax player. He is a Danish- American contemporary Saxophonist , producer, songwriter, recording artist and a purveyor of soul and contemporary Jazz. I personally love the way how the concert went, even though I’m not in the actual performance, but I still felt how excited the audiences was during the concert. During the Concert the music was played very soft and it did not have anything like the big band or African influence kind of characteristics.…
When I left this community, I left with a new found knowledge that will forever stay within me and my love for the art behind music. I write this to inform you, my peers, on what goes into the performances that people sit, watch and enjoy. After reading my analysis, you should trust that I understand the fundamentals of rhetorical appeals and you will know one of the discourses that I was a…
Going into this college writing class, I did not know what to expect. All I anticipated about this class was that it is a general education class, that was required to graduate. I figured there was essays, but I did not expect how much. This class has taught me good information that can further help with my writing career. I said at the beginning of the year that I might want to do a fashion blog.…
For my pitch I selected the target audience of students who are contemplating about taking the online english course next year. I was able to target my audience by being able to relate to what they are going through. My first tactic I used was letting the audience know that I realized just how busy and stressful their lives can be. This is evident when I say “Homework, soccer practice, science fairs, wednesdays functions test, Mondays piano recital. It is no doubt why students begin to feel overwhelmed and stressed.”…
Public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest spread by the media without charge. They are to spread a message and raise awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue in the community. PSA’s are a great opportunity for nonprofit groups to communicate messages through the media. They send positive messages and have credible information. Some of the topics which I will be analyzing for public service announcement are, health and safety, environmental issues, animal cruelty, and gun control.…
One Argument Three Ways The issue of gun control has raised many different concerns and arguments throughout the world we live in. It raises the general question, “should guns be banned or should anyone be allowed to own them?” This controversial topic has now started to influence college campus policy, regarding whether or not students should be able to carry concealed weapons on campus. Throughout this paper I will be tailoring to three different audiences; academic, civic, and a personal audience.…
There are numbers of things that make Hot topic so successful company and as a retailer as well. The Hot Topics have license to sell various products, like T-shirts, clothes, and accessories. The company is targeting younger people market. The average age of the Hot Topic employees is 25 year old, so they are experts on what younger people like and need. They offered modern and stylish clothing to attract younger people to buy from their stores.…
Taking a Strategic Approach to Audience Segmentation It seems like the farther we get into the Internet age the greater the options for audience segmentation. Audience segmentation is not only limited to on-site tag-based audiences anymore. In fact, have so many options now that it can be difficult to zero in on exactly which audience you are hoping to reach. With more options for audiences than ever, where do you even start?…
My audience consists of the Bible study group that I teach on Thursday nights. They range in age from middle school age to older adults. I am the pastor of this small church in a very rural area of Utah and these are some of the original attendees. They come from a mixture of religious backgrounds, including Catholic, Mormon, Charismatic, and Baptist. Topic: The Christian church pastor has many roles, but his primary roles include equipping the believers to become witnesses to the world and share Christ’s love and forgiveness.…
While demographic information is relatively straightforward, psychographic information is much less specific. Two different people who believe in equal educational opportunity may have different opinions on what equal opportunity means. People also inherit values from their family upbringing, life experiences, and cultural…
Public speaking skills are extremely useful in various aspects of work and life in general. These skills are important in business, marketing, training, teaching, and more importantly, simply being more comfortable speaking to groups of people as well as general self-development in social situations. At some point in time everyone needs to make presentations. Presentation skills are not limited to professionals and there are no specific courses to train and qualify a presenter.…