SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY

UNIT: IV
TOPIC: Audience Interaction
HOURS: 1
P.B.B.Sc. II YEAR

Submitted By Submitted To
Mr. Rahul Meena Mr. Krishna Soni
Lecturer (Child Health Nursing)
Clinical Instructor
 Objectives
At the end of the class students will be able to:
• Introduce the audience interaction.
• Define the audience interaction
• types the audience interaction
• Explain the features of primary group
• Describe the difference between crowd and
audience
 INTRODUCTION
AUDIENCE INTERACTION- All the meetings
and gatherings are impossible without audience.
The audience may be active or passive but their
physical presence is needed to organize and
conduct a program.
Audience is an aggregate of people at a
particular place and time it is temporary one. It
gathers for certain purpose, it has it own norms
and maintain some sort of discipline also.
 DEFINITION
According to V.V. Akolkar- “An Audience is a
temporary assembly of members who have
gathered for a definite and similar purpose. Each
one comes to the spot on account of his or her
personal interest”
 Characteristics
• Specific purpose e.g. witnessing a drama,
listening a poetry recital
• Predetermined time and place
• Audience may laugh and cry during a stage
play
• Interaction between the performer and the
audience
 Types
• Audience is classified according to their
purpose of gathering. They are-

1. Information seeking audience-

People gather to get some
information. Their basic sim is to impart some
knowledge e.g. classroom, workshop.
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2. Conversational audience-
such audience actively participates in
the discussion about a particular topic.

3. Recreational audience-
such audience they gather together
for some recreational purpose. E.g. cinema,
theatre, sports stadium etc.
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4. Religious audience-
This group gathers for religious
purpose or worship. E.g. churches, temples and
mosques etc.

5. Political audience- Political leader address this

audience usually.
 Difference between crowd and audience
Crowd Audience
1. Crowd has no definite Audience has a definite
purpose purpose
2. Crowds gets collected It is a preplanned one
its own
3. It is not pre determined Pre determined place and
for its time or place time

4. No rules and regulation There are rules of conduct

for behaviour
5. Crowd is unorganized Well organized
and uncontrolled
 Teacher references
• CLEMENT A LAN (FIRST EDITION). A TEXTBOOK OF
“SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN NURSING”.
HYDERABAD: JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL
PUBLISHERS (P) LTD.
• ANTHIKAD JACOB (SECOND EDITION, 2014).
SOCIOLOGY FOR GRADUATE NURSES. NEW DELHI:
JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD.
 Student reference
• CLEMENT A LAN (FIRST EDITION). A
TEXTBOOK OF “SOCIOLOGICAL
IMPLICATIONS IN NURSING”. HYDERABAD:
JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
(P) LTD.
• ANTHIKAD JACOB (SECOND EDITION, 2014).
SOCIOLOGY FOR GRADUATE NURSES. NEW
DELHI: JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL
PUBLISHERS (P) LTD.