Paper 1 Media Representations

Question 1

Traditional/Negative - Ethnicity - Mulhern UK nationalities

Answer 1

Mulhern an irish journalist, is critical about media portrayals of the irish and says that Irish nationals are stereotyped in the following 2 ways:
Stereotype 1: Homesick and drinking bad Guinness while listening to bad ballads in north london.
Stereotype 2: Too successful to be homesick while making megabucks in the city, and reporting the good wealth home via skype.

Examples - Mrs brown boys
Unmannered, alcoholics, overly swearing, obnoxious