Analyzing my Audience

• The readers beliefs and assumptions in my article are quite diverse in this article.  The reason for this is that the readers are politicians, scientists and possibly random people in the public.  The beliefs will vary from those pro-life to those who are pro-choice or those who believe that stem cell research should be heavily regulated to those who believe it works. 
• The most appropriate language for the audience would have to be formal and informative since this report is used to inform those who may be against stem cell research.  The language needs to be firm so that the reader actually believes what is being written is true.
• The sociopolitical and economic backgrounds of the reader is probably in the upper middle class to upper class due to the careers and knowledge of the readers.  This is because this piece is geared more to the politicians and scientists who have the ability to make a difference and even though the common person controls the elections that employ politicians, they can't make as much of a contribution in a short time. 
• Again the position that the reader would take on this issue would be different depending on the reader.  After reading it the author hopes that the reader would lean towards more of a pro-stem cell but that depends on the reader.  So the author may be hoping for more readers to be against stem cells because then they can convince them to support their work. 
• The main thing the reader will want to know is how they see stem cell research as being ethical and what do they have to support it.  The reader wants to see the stance that the author has taken and learn how stem cells can help us while being an ethical process because the fact that stem cells were primarily taken from fetuses was the biggest gripe by stem cell research critics.  That group of people will be the ones to read every detail of this piece.
• With all this being said the best way to persuade the audience is to use firm language and support your arguments with facts.  No one will believe you if you can't support your ideas with facts and it comes down to believing what you're writing.