Audience Analysis - Stand up, Speak out (open textbook, Ch. 5)
LibreTexts Social Sciences
The audience-analysis chapter of a CC-licensed university public speaking textbook. Defines the three analysis types - demographic, psychographic, situational - with methods for gathering audience data and applying findings to speech choices.
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