Theorist Andrew Higson(1998) writes ' Identity is generally understood to be the shared identity of naturalised inhabitants of a particular political geographic space- this can be a particular nation or region'
Benedict Anderson (1983) maintains that the media play a vital role in constructing a national/ regional idetnity as in reality the nation is too big for everyone to know each other yet they often have shared values; ' The unification of people in the modern world is achieved not by military but by cultural means. In particular the media system enables people( of a nation or region) to feel part of a coherent , meaningful and homogenous community.
Higson' stereotyping is a form of shorthand... a way of establishing a character... that often reducing the character to the most basic form so that the stereotype often becomes comic (higson 1998)
Higson' no wonder then that a particular characterisation may be criticised for being stereotypical meaning it lack sa realistic dimension it fails to match up to the reality of identity'
Brummie
London
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