What is my definition of audience? I would say that audience is whoever is listening, watching, or reading what you are presenting. It could be a group of people, one person, a third party, etc. An Audience is receiving information but could also be who you are intending to address directly. So if you’re giving a speech on climate change, your audience could be whoever you are speaking to, or it could even be people of power who you are calling on for change.
This definition helps me understand with Anzaldua that she has multiple audiences. She is speaking to her peers who speak one language and move to a country that speaks a different language. She is speaking to students to educate them, and she is also speaking to people of power to address the stigma that you MUST speak English to be considered a human in the United States.
Now, as far as the documentary and my definition, they are conflicting. I think the documentaries audience is of course the consumers of Columbia House, but I also feel like that there’s an internal audience throughout the Columbia House.
My definition of audience I think is the same, but maybe even adding to it that it can be your peers, coworkers, or even people you just come into contact with and have a conversation with.
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I agree that there is another audience the documentary is speaking to. At first i thought it was more for him but now I feel like there might be an alternative. It would be a good documentary for columbia house to watch and take something away from it.
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I like your definition of audience. It’s very straightforward and simple. It gives a good explination.
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Morgan, I think your definition of audience is pretty spot on. On the other hand, I think a few factors are in play that caused her mistreatment as she grew up. The United states and Mexico never really had great relations, and that culminated in a war sometime before our Civil war. The Mexican-American war was caused by our annexation of texas, where Anzaldua was born in 1947. Obviously by the 1950’s and later, the relations between nations hadn’t improved. Anzaldua’s culture was treated with contempt and she was required to integrate by forgetting everything that wasn’t american. Thankfully, in the modern day, the concept of American exceptionalism can also coexist with the celebration of other cultures, as long as that everyone who has the oppurtunity to live in the US, sees themselves as not just latino, or chicano, or white or black, but also American. Unfortunately, Anzaldua didn’t grow up with amicable treatment even from people within her own community because her language and culture. Yet, she chose to anchor herself and her actions in her own identity.
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I agree that there can be more than one intended audience in a text. You did a good job of considering all the different audiences that could be affected. Your definition of the audience is detailed and well explained. I also like how well you constructed the blog.
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I appreciate that you have a expanding definition of audience and I believe that audience can be expanded and differ depending on the person.
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