2. LEARNING COMPETENCIES
1. describe the clientele and audience of
communication;
2. distinguish the needs of individuals, groups,
organizations, and communities
20. In this lesson, you are going to learn about the clientele
and audiences in the process and discipline of
communication and to know how important it is to know
our audience when we communicate to them.
21. THE DISCIPLINE OF COMMUNICATION IS ALSO CALLED
AS COMMUNICOLOGY. IN THE PROCESS OF
COMMUNICATION ONE HAS TO CONVINCE OR
PERSUADE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING OR
GIVING ATTENTION WHICH WE CALLED AS AUDIENCE.
WHEN YOU WATCH TV SHOWS, READ NEWSPAPERS
OR WATCH A FILM, YOU BECOME AN AUDIENCE.
22. AUDIENCES ARE ALSO CALLED RECEIVERS. THEY ARE
FORMED BY TWO FACTORS WHICH ARE:
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SOCIAL CONTEXT
• people of the same
background with shared
culture, understanding
information needs.
RESPONSE TO MEDIA
CONTENT-
• audiences from news show,
variety show, soap opera and
others.
23. TO KNOW THE AUDIENCE ONE WHO
IS TALKING TO, ONE HAS TO
ASSESS THE FUNDAMENTAL
BACKGROUND LIKE THE
AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF
THE AUDIENCE OF THE IDEA TO BE
PRESENTED.
24. MEDIA SOCIOLOGIST DENIS MCQUAIL (1997)
NOTED SOME WAYS TO DEFINE WHO ARE THE
AUDIENCE NAMELY:
• By place- audience in the case of a newspaper
• By people- as when media content appeals to a
certain age group, gender, political belief or income
category
• By the particular type of medium or channel
involved - the audience of radio may differ from the
audience of television.
• By the content of the message of a medium - talk
shows and and soap operas with many different
audiences
• By times - as in daytime, primetime or weekend
audiences.
25. CLIENTELES AND AUDIENCES OF COMMUNICATION.
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INDIVIDUAL GROUP AND
ORGANIZATION
COMMUNITY
26. INDIVIDUALS AS AUDIENCE
• Every day you engage in a communication. As one one
cannot escape it along the different levels of communication
whether intrapersonal, interpersonal or in mass media.
• People communicate to be informed and to inform, to gain
guidance for one’s own opinion and to have an identity or be a
member within a group.
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27. RESEARCH SAYS THAT AMONG THE BENEFITS ONE
GETS FROM COMMUNICATION ARE THE
FOLLOWING:
• Information and Education
• Guidance
• Advice
• Socialization and Relaxation
• Identity formation
• Security
• Build mutual relationship
•
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28. GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AS
AUDIENCE
Organizations communicate with others for a variety of
reasons.
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29. INNET AND SCHEWCHUK IN 1995 SAID THAT THERE ARE
COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS. THESE
ARE:
• To inform. It is communicating to the audience like what you
can do for them or what advice you could give them or vice
versa.
• To build understanding. It is encouraging the audience to
improve their lives like stopping from smoking which appeals
to their feelings and thinking.
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30. • To resolve conflicts. Empathy can prevent conflicts as
misunderstanding really exist in an organization.
• To present an idea. In an organization presenting an idea is
a need but one has to know also the correct manner in
presenting it.
• To lower barrier between groups and individuals.
Prejudices and discrimination may exist if communication
process is not done in a correct manner thus one has to know
the audience very well.
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31. COMMUNITY AS AUDIENCE
• Community is the most organic place we do communication
• When you go out from your house and interact with your
friends, your neighbor or to everyone in your place you do
communication to them.
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32. DISCIPLINE OF COMMUNICATION WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THE COMMUNITY AS YOUR AUDIENCE YOU NEED TO
REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING NEEDS:
• Right language. This must be simple and easy to understand
words
• Time. Extend more efforts to let them be understood the topic
• Information background. If you need to persuade or
convince them with your idea you need to know their level of
awareness of the topic
• Awareness of interests. You need to know what the
community likes or have interest to
• Education. People in the community acts as audience
because of the reason that they need to know about the topic.
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34. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. The discipline of communication is also called
as ______________.
• A. communicationology
• B. communology
• C. communipology
• D. communicology
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35. 2.One should communicate to others with
______________ .
A. superiority
B. prejudice
C. empathy
D. shyness
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36. 3. The following are needs of audience in a
group except _____________.
A. to inform
B. to promote conflicts
C. to build understanding
D. to present an idea
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37. 4. This is a type of audience that consists only of
one person.
A. single
B. community
C. Group
D. organization
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38. 5. Using this correctly can help to build strong
relationship to clients or audience.
A. time
B. space
C. efforts
D. words
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39. 6. The following are the three types of audiences
except _______________.
A. individual
B. group
C. community
D. journalists
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40. 7. When you communicate to the community as
audience you need to consider the following
needs except ______________. A. right
language
B. time
C. pride
D. education
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41. 8. This helps in removing physical barriers between the
speaker and the audience.
A. listening and showing respect
B. presenting idea of the topic
C. avoiding silence at all costs
D. expressing ideas clearly using simple words
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42. 9. The following are needs to be achieved when
communicating with a group except_________.
A. prevent misunderstandings
B. to present a point of view
C. to inform
D. to increase barriers between groups and individuals.
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43. 10. Which of the following is/are not considered
as audience/audiences?
A. individuals
B. people in the community
C. personal Computers
D. groups and Organizations
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44. 1.D
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. C
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