audience

An audience is a group of people who gather to watch, listen to, or experience a performance, speech, piece of literature, or media product. Derived from the Latin word audire (meaning “to hear”), the term traditionally referred to a physical crowd at a concert or theater, but has evolved to include global readers, digital viewers, and online communities. Key Types of Audiences

Audiences can be classified by how they encounter information and their baseline attitude toward the presenter: Audience – The Writing Center

This handout will help you understand and write for the appropriate audience when you write an academic essay. The Writing Center

Audience Analysis – Communication – University of Pittsburgh