Audience Analysis - Nadya Zafira 12H

Article chosen: Angel and humans interbreeding

2. The text’s thesis is that ancient humans and angels once interbred. The evidence to further prove the claim is the HLA (human leucocyte antigen) family of genes which originated from a crossbreeding with Denisovans, a type of Nephilim that was fathered by the Fallen Angels. A variant of this family of genes, the HLA B73, is found in humans. The author interprets the evidence by stating that modern-looking humans once shared life on Earth with angels for thousands of years, and that angelic interbreeding spoken of in the Bible was right.

3. One of the biggest weaknesses of the article was the lack of scientific credibility in handpicking the evidence. A lot of the times, the author uses the terms ‘researchers’, ‘scientists’, and ‘geneticists’ and employs relevant vocabulary but the author doesn’t cite the specific research where they got their data from. The article is also written in a very disorganized way that there are a lot of ‘missing holes.’

4. The likely audience of this article I would imagine to be old, politically conservative, ultra religious Christians who believe strongly in the existence of divine creations, like angels. They seek to have their religious beliefs to be reaffirmed with scientific evidence, even though they understand the gap between religion and science today. This article only appeals to a quite narrow audience, comprised of people who are speculative, spiritual, idealist, and definitely not rationalist. It’s also likely that the audience would share this article on a big social media platform and sensationalize it.

Solid analysis, well presented and easy to read.