The Materials Analysis is a brief Google Document (~500 words) that explicates how the features of your podcast target its audience, suit its context and medium, 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 podcast's subject. Consider issues such as: why is this subject important? How does it connect to the local environment? How does the podcast format help communicate it? The introduction is generally one or two paragraphs.
   
   
2. Body: In the body, you should identify specific, concrete features of the podcast and explain how they help it fit target its audience, suit its context and medium, and achieve a purpose. The body should constitute the bulk of your Materials Analysis.
   
   
3. Conclusion: Briefly reiterate what your podcast accomplishes and key ways it does this. 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. 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. Once your Google Doc is ready for submission, make certain that its "Share" setting is set to "Public on the web," and then enter the document's URL in the form below. Feel free to contact me with specific questions.