Question #2

1. An “audience fallacy” refers to an argument made by an author that the audience will do something or act in a certain way. In other words, an “audience fallacy” is a declared assumption. This assumption becomes a fallacy in critical media studies because of the fact that there is always an oppositional and/or negotiated view that could stand to prove that assumption or “audience fallacy” untrue. An “authorial fallacy” on the other hand refers to the fact that an authors personal experience or characteristics, such as gender, age, religion etc., can all influence a text. Although an author might not intend to subject his or her text to personal bias or influences it is relatively impossible for them to completely prevent it.

In general, authors typically try to avoid both “audience fallacies” and “authorial fallacies” in their writings because it prevents them from developing a factual text. One way in which these fallacies could do so is simply that if an author were to state an assumption in his or her text and consequentially make an “audience fallacy,” then their argument can be proven wrong. Furthermore, this same idea can be developed in regards to “authorial fallacies.”