Think about what you have learned about audience from Booth, Colomb, and Williams (authors of The Craft of Research). Then think about the differences you perceive/imagine between the audiences the authors of this week’s two scholarly articles (Xia and Ding, for the first, and Nikapota for the second) were writing to/for. In addition to indications in the prose of the pieces, the pages themselves should give you hints–notice where the articles were published. What kinds of publication sites are these? Who do you think reads these different publications? Remember: you’re looking for differences, so the details matter. In 1 double-spaced (typed, 12-point Times New Roman) page, reflect on these differences and on how you fit into the audiences of these scholarly authors (the articles’ authors, not those of The Craft of Research) as an undergraduate student in your major. Do you think the authors of these articles anticipated that students might read their work? Does this work seem to be written for people in your field, in a similar field, or in a very different field? To what degree does this make it easier or harder for you to understand and relate to what you are reading? How do these related but very different examples illuminate your understanding of what Booth, Colomb, and Williams were describing?
