Audience-Centeredness
What is the first step in understanding who you’re speaking to?
What is identifying your audience?
What is the term for the tendency of people to pay close attention to things that affect their values, beliefs, and well-being?
What is egocentrism in listening
By understanding the groups or memberships your audience belongs to, you can tailor your speech to their interests and attitudes, making it more relevant and engaging.
What is group membership?
What is Situational Audience Analysis?
What type of analysis focuses on factors like audience size, physical setting, and the audience's disposition?
What is ensuring you do not use unethical tactics to achieve your goal?
What is the principle that requires you to avoid unethical tactics when delivering your message?
Every speech contains these two versions—one sent by the speaker and one received by the listener.
What are two messages?
This consideration involves recognizing how different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds influence the way audiences perceive and interpret your message.
What is racial, ethnic, and cultural background?
Should you ask questions to your audience to help better understand them?
What is asking questions will absolutely help you better understand your audience.
At what step when working on your speech do you need to think about your audience?
What is every step of your speech making process
A question where there are only two options.
What is a fixed-alternative question?
Understanding this can help speakers avoid offending members of different faiths, as many religious beliefs shape how individuals view world events and topics.
What is religion?
Should you adapt your speech based on who you know will be in your audience?
What is best if you can try to know your audience beforehand.
Is it best to use unethical tactics to achieve the goal of your speech?
What is no, any audience with be more receptive to your message if you use ethical tactics.
This term describes how people interpret a speech based on their own needs, interests, and experiences.
What is a listener’s frame of reference?
When speaking to this group, one should adjust their tone, examples, and references to match their life experiences, as this group generally has different values and communication preferences than younger audiences.
What is an older audience?
What is analyzing the audience and making adjustments during the speech?
What should a speaker do during the speech to adjust to the audience’s reactions?
When getting your message across, is it necessary to change your beliefs to receive a favorable response?
What is no, stay true to yourself and your beliefs.
Since people are naturally egocentric, speakers must focus on topics that affect these personal aspects of the audience.
What are values, beliefs, and well-being?
This process involves segmenting an audience based on factors like age, gender, income, and education level to tailor content and messaging effectively.
What is demographic analysis
What type of question provides two options for the audience to choose from?
What is a fixed-alternative question?