G- Newspaper article
R- People who are interested in the guardian magazine, not
stood out with a picture and isn’t a main headline so people might miss this
article, because its short it might draw attention rather than reading a full
page, it could cause some issues due to not everyone being a sports fan in
Britain etc.,
a- people reading the guardian paper- teens-older adults, it
could also be anyone who is hooked by the words ‘British stereotypes’ as it
might be different to the rest of the page, people interested in what a British
magazine has to say about their own stereotypes
p- Is to say that within Europe people are categorised
differently and everyone stereotypically assumes each country is like that, in
the main article it goes onto say about how much each European country drinks
rather than talking about how we see people, is to inform people that they are
more than the ‘stereotypical image’,
e- the reader would expect to agree with the article as the
known stereotypes of each country are ‘correct’ and what people normally assume
relates to that country, they might be surprised when reading it as it is only
a small article in the corner of a page but the main article talks more into
Europe’s alcoholic drinking, they might be surprised when reading this extract
then reading the main one as this extract stops suddenly and doesn’t give much
point about war or drinking.
‘So we know....’ - Third person, talking on behalf of the
Britain’s, everything the writer is saying is ‘true’
This
text is an extract from the main article from The Guardian online newspaper. The
audience reading it might be mainly adults who read the news but also anyone
else who might grab the attention of the extract title as it mentions ‘British
Stereotypes’. This grabs the attention of the audience due to it being a small
extract rather than a headline story. People might want to read about the
former stereotypes as it is a short article rather than a page full with no
images (whereas people might move on and get bored). People could be interested
in the fact that the headline might be a different topic to the other stories
on the page and this could stand out more. The writer also uses ‘Brits’ at the
start of the article. This is an abbreviation of the noun ‘Britons’ which is also
a noun of ‘Britain’. This implies that he is using slang to describe the ‘British’
and is less formal than the rest of the text. It makes it seem that he is
connecting with the readers because Britons might use ‘Brits’ as slang when
describing themselves. Due to it being about ‘British’ people in the title,
people might be interested to what fellow Britons have to say about themselves
and how us as a country are stereotypically known. The writer of this article
is British too as he talks about how ‘we’ as a country are known. By using ‘we’,
it implies that he is interacting with the audience using third person as he
sounds like the main spokesperson for the Britons and everyone agrees with his
point. When he says ‘us’, it implies that every Briton is the same therefore we
all must do the same stereotypical things such as being a ‘drunk football fan’.
This also links to rest of the text as he goes onto say that other countries
are known for different stereotypical things too therefore we associate them to
be the same too. Although this is mainly an opinionated extract, some readers
might have some issues with this because not every person in Britain is
generally a ‘sportsfan’ or ‘bingedrinker’. The purpose of this extract is to inform the
readers that Britain is known for being the ‘bingedrinking’ country however in
the main article it talks about how much each European country drinks rather
than how each country stereotypically see each other. The secondary purpose is
to inform people that countries all around the world are stereotypically known
for something such as the French for wearing ‘striped shirts’. It shows that
people are more than an image. The expectations that the readers might have
from this article is that they would believe most of the things that were said.
This is due to the media and also modes as people always believe that the
stereotypes are true. It would also be what most people assume each country is
like before visiting or in the media. However, because this is a short extract
people might be surprised when they finish it as it ends quickly without giving
much point other than naming some stereotypes. When the audience read the
online article, the might be surprised again because it goes into depth about
alcoholic drinking within each country and says that Britain is ‘obsessed with
the war’ even though it doesn’t mention the war in the extract. When reading
the short extract they might be confused why a small extract is in the corner
when it doesn’t give much of a gripping storyline other than the title
