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This overview offers insights into identifying the primary audiences for your agricultural website. It emphasizes the importance of understanding current and future website users by asking critical questions about their needs and benefits. By analyzing user habits, such as scanning for information and seeking credibility, content can be structured to enhance engagement. Practical examples, including a model based on Disney Online, highlight how to tailor your website for diverse audiences, including children, parents, and educators, ensuring that your site meets their unique requirements.
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Audience Identification AGCJ 407: Web Authoring in Agricultural Communications
Overview • Questions to ask when considering “who” will be the primary audience viewing your Web site. • Critical analysis of a Web site. • Identification of Web users’ habits.
Questions to Ask • Who is the current audience for your Web site? • How would the audience benefit from and appreciate having access to your information via the Web? • What future audiences might impact the design of your site? Why/How?
Site Model: Disney Online http://www.disney.com
Site Model (cont.) • Who is the current audience? • Children • Cartoons • Colorful pictures • Cast of characters • Parents • Content • Security • Schools
Site Model (cont.) • How would the audience benefit from and appreciate information on this site?
Site Model (cont.) • Future audiences? • Grandparents • Schools • Corporations
User Habits • Web users scan Web pages for information they seek, therefore use “scannable” text: • Highlighted keywords • Meaningful sub-headings • Bulleted lists • One idea per paragraph • One-half the word count (or less) than conventional writing
User Habits (cont.) • Users seek Web site credibility. • Credibility can be increased by: • High-quality graphics • Good “descriptive” writing • Links to other sites (shows authors have done their homework; not afraid to let users visit other sites) • Born on dates • Show date stamp of initial post or update
User Habits (cont.) • Most Web users detest promotional writing styles. • “Hottest ever” • “Greatest site!” • Credibility suffers when users see • Exaggerations • Unrealistic claims
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