An audience analysis
- What is the audience’s educational background?
- What are the job responsibilities of the members of your audience?
- What are the ages and genders of the audience?
- What is the audience’s ethnic background?
- Does your audience have cultural characteristics and conventions for you to consider in preparing the text or graphics?
- Does your audience have any religious beliefs for you to consider?
- Does the audience have any disabilities for you to consider?
- What does the audience already know about the topic?
- What types of information does the audience need in this document?
- What is the audience’s level of interest in the topic?
- Does your audience have preferences or biases about writing that you should consider? If so, what are they?
- What are your audience’s attitudes toward the topic?