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ADDRESSING YOUR AUDIENCE

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A script is not the same thing as an academic paper

When writing, we use different registers for different target audiences.

Registers are the levels of formality in a text. Think about how different our texts sound when we write to family, to friends, to workplace peers, to a superior, to an insurance company, or to an academic journal. Each piece of writing will have a different register, using a sliding scale from informal to formal.

A script for multimedia, whether for a video or a podcast, also uses a specific register. A script is:

  • more informal than a lecture or an academic paper
  • shorter than a lecture or an academic paper
  • written to be spoken out loud, in front of a camera or microphone

Keep this in mind as we continue our preparations for writing a script.

Text and illustration of a script is not the same thing as an academic paper