Ch. 10 Topic Selection and Audience Analysis

Attitude

A predisposition to respond favorably or unfavorably to a person, an object, an idea, or an event.

Audience Analysis

The collection and interpretations of audience information obtained by observation, inference, research, and questionnaires.

Belief

A conviction; often thought to be more enduring than an attitude and less enduring than a value

Brainstorming

A creative procedure for thinking of as many topics as you can in a limited time.

Commitment

A measure of how much time and effort you put into a cause; your passion and concern about the topic.

Demographic Analysis

The collection and interpretation of data about the characteristics of people.

Direct Inference

A tentative generalization based on deliberately gather data.

Immediate Purpose

A highly specific statement using "should be alone to" plus an action verb to reveal the purpose from the audience's point of view.

Indirect Inference

A tentative generalization based on an observation.

Inference

A tentative generalization based on some evidence

Long-range Goal

The larger goal or end purpose you have in mind for your presentation.

Questionnaire

A set of written questions developed to obtain demographic and attitudinal information.

Value

Hey deeply rooted believe they governs our attitude about something.