Knowing Your Audience: Chile Mine Collapse

Knowing Your Audience: Chile Mine Collapse

Considerations to Remember Given the Different Roles and People in the Audience

There are several considerations that should be remembered given the role and people in the audience (Weissman, 2011). The audience of the Chile mine incident includes miners and their families (Coppola, 2011). The most important consideration is how to release the information to the public. The messenger must consider the potential needs of the audience before communicating the message. It is imperative to deliver the message from the perspectives of the audience. The message that is conveyed from the perspectives of the audience is clearer than others. It is easy for the audience to grasp the actual meanings of the message when it is communicated from their perspective. The messenger must take several precautions when communicating the message to the audience.

The Potential Needs of the Families of the Miners in Receiving a Message about This Incident

There are diverse factors that must be considered before communicating the incident to the families of the miners. The factors must also be considered when communicating the information to other workers, the mining industry, and the overall state. The families of miners would like to know about the extent of the incident. They would inquire about how bad the accident was. The potential needs of the families would also include inquiring about the availability of food and medicine to the trapped miners. Miners collapsed in the mine often confront difficulties in receiving oxygen. The availability of oxygen would also be a significant issue that the families would ask. The messenger must consider all these potential needs of the families of miners. It would help the messenger in adjusting the message.

The Potential Needs of the Company's Employees When Receiving a Message about This Incident

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