Knowing Your Audience Dedra Wingate BCOM/275 December 2, 2014 Les Colegrove Knowing Your Audience August 5, 2010 will be a day that most people in Chile will not forget. News broke out that “San Jose mine, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in, leaving thirty three workers trapped underground” (Weik, 2010, p. 65). Minera San Esteban is the mining company who had to announce to the families and workers within the
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Chilean Mine Collapse when handling a tragic event such as this there are many things to take into consideration. There are going to be many different people that ar We going to be affected by this catastrophe. First and foremost is the family of the employees that are trapped in the mine. There biggest concern would be to know that their loved ones are ok and are going to be rescued. In a case like this you would want to give the family a positive message and reassure them that the company
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Knowing Your Audience: The Chilean Mine Collapse Knowing your audience is an important factor to consider when there is information to be released to a public forum. Special considerations should be taken to ensure that the message is communicated effectively. The sender must recognize any potential barriers to communication that may hinder the audience from receiving the intended message. By recognizing who the audience is composed of, the sender is able to cater the message accordingly
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Grasping the Audience Attention Emmanuel Dike BCOM/275 August 28, 2013 Michael, Caserta Grasping the Audience Attention Communication styles differ and the delivery method plays a significant role in its reception. Phonemes, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics are used in communicating, and vary from culture, generation, social class, and gender. It is imperative that each message/tone is appropriately assigned to the correct audience to avoid confusion, conflict, or chaos. This particular
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foremost. There will be many lives that will be affected when addressing the families of the victims. Who will tell the family, how, making sure the tone of voice is proper and who must be present. Second, the other employees not involved in the collapse must be addressed. How will it be addressed to the employees, what must be told to them, what must be kept confidential and how to move forward. This also holds true for the media of any sort. Knowing each of the audiences is critical to deliver
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Chilean Miners On August 5, 2010 a mine in northern Chile collapses and 33 men are trapped inside. Before anything can go out to the media or families the situation and facts need to be put together so more chaos is not created. For the family member the message needs to be conveyed with emotions and sympathy more than facts. The family knows the situation is bad and do not need to hear facts that would make it worse. They need to hear that everything is going to be ok, and everyone is working to
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intended include a knowledge of the audience characteristics, the needs of the audience, and using an appropriate communication. This essay is about conveying the importance of knowing how to effectively communicate information of a collapsed San Jose copper mine to family members and employees. Audience Characteristics are important to help adapt the message to the audience. Demographic characteristics are observable or measurable (Cheeseboro, 2010). Age, race, and gender are examples of demographic characteristics
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uplifting manner; words can turn a challenging or seemingly bleak situation around. The story of the workers trapped in the copper mine in Chile was an example of a seemingly bleak situation, as the miners fought to stay alive while being rescued. An interesting yet sympathetic dynamic about this story is the feeling of being trapped did not only affect those physically trapped in the mine. These people are fathers, sons, brothers, friends and co-workers who one would be safe to assume that the people connected
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crisis can be critical. It is important to identify the target audience, determine the needs of the audience, and determine the channel of communication for the audience. Considerations of the Audience The two core audiences from the Chilean Miner accident are the families of the victims and the employees of Minera San Esteban Primera. The two audiences, although affected by the same event may react very differently. The communication needs of the family members have information needs
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the family or the company that it effects. It may be difficult to explain everything because when you do have to explain these things you will not have all the answers. When reading “Miners Trapped At Giant Freeport Mine in Papua” and “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine” it was rather difficult for me to think of how I would personally address the family or the company about these situations. First off I think that I would speak with the families individually because I understand
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