The Materials Analysis is a short paper (~2-3 pages) that explicates how the features of your podcast/vodcast and corresponding website target an audience, suit a context, and accomplish a purpose. This document should have three parts: introduction, body, conclusion. An effective structure for the Materials Analysis is outlined below:

1. Introduction: Introduce your topic by providing relevant background information about the current situation. In other words, show the reader why your podcast/vodcast is needed or beneficial. You will have to identify the audience the podcast/vodcast and corresponding website target, what context they fit, and what they seek to achieve. The introduction is generally one or two paragraphs.
   
   
2. Body: It may be more effective to treat the podcast/vodcast and corresponding website as a unit, or it may be more effective to examine them separately while paying appropriate attention to the connections between them. Regardless, you should identify specific features of the podcast/vodcast and corresponding website and demonstrate how these features help them target an audience, fit a context, and achieve a purpose. The body should constitute the bulk of your Materials Analysis.
   
   
3. Conclusion: Briefly reiterate what your podcast/vodcast and corresponding website accomplish and key ways that their features do it. The conclusion generally is no longer than a solid paragraph.
   
   

Remember that an analysis does not use first person; it should not talk about you nor your design process. Essentially, the Materials Analysis is like a legal case. It should establish an argument to prove in the introduction. It should then present its evidence in the body. Lastly, it should make its closing argument in the conclusion.

Once you have completed your Materials Analysis, you will submit it to me electronically using the form below. To facilitate this, I am asking you to use Google Docs to create your Materials Analysis. Once your document is ready for submission, make certain that its "Share" setting is set to "Public on the web," and then enter the document's sharing URL in the form below. Feel free to contact me with specific questions.