Analyzing My Audience

What are their beliefs and assumptions?
     The readers beliefs and assumptions are that of the general American. Because this piece is written for the knowledgeable and also unknowledgeable, there are generalizations and also deeper descriptions throughout the piece. The general assumptions toward the topic of Robots and their relationships with human is that they are growing. People understand that technology is growing rapidly and with that comes the possibility of losing Jobs to robots and gaining relationships with robots.

What kind of language is appropriate for them?
     The type of language that is appropriate to the audience of this paper is both formal, but also informal. There are points throughout the piece that go into detail about specifics within robotics. Obviously, the average Joe will know nothing about what Valez is talking about, but he explains everything so that anyone who doesn't know the specifics will have a general understanding of what is going on.

What are their sociopolitical and economic background?
     The sociopolitical and economic background is primarily that of a knowledgable collegiate student and above.  For the most part, this piece can be directed towards the group of people that knows about technology and where it is headed. The economic background is hard to decipher because within the audience, the economic background differs from below average all of the way up to wealthy. There is a generality that can be made about the audience; however, and that is that the people who would show interest in this paper are those of the first world country. They understand technology enough to have used is before, meaning they can afford your basic smart phone, at least.

What position might they take on this issue?
     Many people may take the position of being against robot growth in the work force because the audience may be slightly nervous that robots could take many working positions. On the other hand, there is a great section of the audience who would be for the incorporation of robotics in human, daily life for the increase in productivity and happiness that robots could provide. Similar to the previous questions, it is difficult to put a generality on the audience of this piece because the audience's range is significant.

What will they want to know?
     They will want to know the basics of what is going on. They will want to know the generalities that are occurring within their world, and what those generalities mean.  For example, the audience wants to know what exactly robots are doing in the world today, and what they have the potential for tomorrow. Along with this, they want to know how that will effect them individually, and Valez does a fantastic job of appealing to all sides of his audience.

In general, how can they best be persuaded?
     Part of the audience can be persuaded by using emotion, and the other needs the factual information from credited sources. The less knowledgable audiences, such as low level students or other non-robotic-community people may want a more emotional background about how robots will effect them. The more intelligent aspect of the audience, being the professors and other professionals who know a grand amount about robots, will want more of a scientific approach in order to be persuades. This would mean that they would want to know specifics about robots and how they function in order to be able to fully understand the capabilities that robotics creates for the future.