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Questions for developing an audience analysis

1. Questions to ask yourself about your audience to assist you in developing an audience analysis:
2. Who is the primary audience?
3. Who is the secondary audience?
4. What is the purpose of the document?
5. What is the audience's educational background?
6. What are the job responsibilities of the members of your audience?
7. What are the ages and genders of the audience?
8. What is the audience's ethnic background?
9. Does your audience have cultural characteristics and conventions for you to consider in preparing the text or graphics?
10. Does your audience have any religious beliefs for you to consider?
11. Does the audience have any disabilities for you to consider?
12. What does the audience already know about the topic?
13. What types of information does the audience need in this document?
14. What is the audience's level of interest in the topic?
15. Does your audience have preferences or biases about writing that you should consider? If so, what are they?
16. What are your audience's attitudes toward the topic?
17. What are your audience's attitudes toward a document's authors, approach to a document, or documentation in general?
18. What are your audience's expectations about the document(s) you are writing?
19. How will the audience use the document?
20. How will the audience's use of the document influence its writing and delivery?