Audience Analysis

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  This is my audience analysis for my communications class.

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  The problem that I will be focusing on my proposal

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  is sexual assault.

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  It's a conversation that not many are willing tohave or

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  toe address.

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  It's an issue that's been going on for years.

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  Yet no one can seem to reduce the number of

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  victims that this problem has affected.

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  According to the Association of American Universities, the overall rate

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  of non consensual sexual contact by physical force or inability

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  to consent since a respondent enrolled as a student at

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  their school was 13%.

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  Sexual assault and harassment have been a significant problem on

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  college campuses worldwide.

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  It's a problem that if America doesn't find a solution

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  to, could become detrimental to young men and women who

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  attend college campuses every day.

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  Now that we know what the problem is, we will

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  look at the causes and effects of the problem.

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  Some of the clauses include alcohol and drugs, peer pressure

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  and lack of reporting with alcohol and drugs.

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  College students often feel as though they've reached a new

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  level of freedom when they get to campus, and though

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  many are off legal age to drink, some are not

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  and by consuming things such as alcohol and drugs.

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  Um, it puts students in a mindset where they commit

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  crimes such as sexual assault.

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  Another cause of sexual assault is peer pressure, whether it's

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  being pressured to go to a certain party or to

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  be in a certain friend group.

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  Peer pressure is one reason why sexual assault on college

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  campuses has not been decreasing.

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  One of the biggest issues, however, is the lack of

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  reporting. Oftentimes the guilt and shame that a victim feels

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  causes them not to speak out about the problem.

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  Um, and in doing so, the prepper tater is given

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  the opportunity to hurt another person or individual because the

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  proper law enforcement or anyone, for that matter has not

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  been notified of the crime.

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  Some effects of this issue include mental health issues such

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  as anxiety, depression and eating autumns, eating disorders and postpartum

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  depression. Um, it can often lead to a heavy level

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  of shame and guilt upon the victim who is my

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  audience. My audience will include, but not won't be limited

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  to parents, College administration potential college students and those who

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  may feel is if sexual assault on college campuses is

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  not a problem at all.

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  The attitudes of my audience members will vary depending on

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  who they are.

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  Parents and college administrators will have the attitude of protection

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  because their mindset will be What is it about this

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  topic that I can learn to better protect my students

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  and my child?

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  Um, potential college students will want to know how big

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  of an issue this may be.

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  And if it's something they should look at before considering

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  a certain college, those who do not have believed that

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  the topic is an issue will have a attitude of

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  disregard. Um, if they made up their mind that sexual

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  assault on college campuses is not an issue, then they

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  will look at this proposal as an exaggeration.

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  But I think all of my readers will have a

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  concerned and appreciative attitude, um, towards the topic and bringing

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  awareness to the topic.

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  The cultural and ethnic ethical beliefs in my audience should

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  be shared in similar, but, um, they might vary culturally

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  in America.

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  Sexual assault is seen as a big crime on dhe.

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  It's something that we don't wish upon other individuals.

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  They many believe that it is something that should be

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  punished on dhe.

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  It shouldn't happen at all.

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  However, there are some people in society who place the

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  blame upon the victim.

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  Um and do believe that the victim is to blame.

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  The ethical beliefs of my audience, I think really depend

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  on their political beliefs.

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  Politics has become a major deciding factor for some people

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  when, uh, in what they stand on for things like

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  abortion, the death penalty and even sexual assault.

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  Um, some people have even taken off their ethical lenses

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  and are looking at these issues through a political lens.

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  Um, in my opinion, ethically, it's wrong, because in America

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  we are promised life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, and

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  being sexually assaulted takes away those things.

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  It also takes away our human rights to be protected

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  and safe again.

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  Once someone has been sexually assaulted, they feel as though

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  they've been stripped of that safety.

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  And I think most of my audience members will have

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  the same belief.

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  Um, potential reactions that I might receive from my audience

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  members is a positive reaction because my proposal is bringing

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  about awareness and concern.

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  Um, and I also think for those who don't believe

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  no, this is an issue they will walk away from

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  my proposal with the change, mindset and perspective.

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  I also think many will be appreciative of the proposal,

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  especially with the recent social awareness and conversations about sexual

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  assault. Um, many people will be proud to see that

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  someone is offering solutions to this ongoing problem.

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  How will I get my readers?

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  Attention, Um, I will grab my readers attention by using

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  mostly statistics and antidotes.

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  I think that with a topic such a sexual assault,

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  one of the biggest things that can truly speak for

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  itself is numbers.

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  Um, statistics will be able to drive my point home

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  with the audience, and I'm trying to get my audience

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  understand the severity of the topic, and by using statistics,

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  it will show them a quantitative manner just how big

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  the problem is.

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  Also, I believe antidotes are also going to help my

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  audience be motivated and grabbing their attention with stories and

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  just things that I've learned and heard as a college

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  student on campus and also what researchers have seen on

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  college campuses, it may grab their attention period.

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  Like I said, many of my readers might be administrators

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  and parents who don't spend their daily lives on campus.

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  So seeing things through the eyes of a student may

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  also change their perspective and grab their attention.

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  Grabbing my readers.

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  Attention may be easy, but they will need something to

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  motivate them.

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  Thio accept my proposal, and my proposal will offer solutions

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  and give knowledge about the topic to anyone who reads

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  it. Which is why I think, um, simply the way

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  I'm going about writing my proposal is what will motivate

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  my audience and to seeing that this is an issue.

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  But it's not an issue that it's unsolvable.

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  Um, this topic has been talked about multiple times, and

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  my readers will want they'll be questioning.

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  What makes this this proposal of mine so different from

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  the other essays or books that are written about this

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  topic? And there will be It will be different because

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  my proposal offers actual solutions that everyone involved teachers, students,

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  um, fraternities, sororities can use to help make college campuses

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  a safer place for everyone and to lessen the number

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  of sexual assault cases.

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  My proposal isn't one that's going to be arguing whether

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  or not sexual assault is an issue or pointing the

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  blame at anyone But it's gonna offer solutions and knowledge

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  so that everyone involved in this issue can come out

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  better, stronger people, and we can hopefully get rid of

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  this issue.

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  And it will no longer have to be an issue

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  that parents, college administrations or students face on college campuses.