Charlie Brooker: too much talk for one planet

genre

satirical newspaper column

audience

educated readers familiar with media commentary

purpose

entertain and inform through humor and sarcasm

tone

sarcastic- “now get out” to mock reader and give humorous ending

conversational-direct address “you”’ makes reader feel personally called out

Dramatic-”tsunami of babble” exaggerated to ridicule speaking

lang features

metaphor-”verbal pollution” creates negative image of pointless talk

hyperbole “tsunami of noise” amplifies chaos of commentary

simile-compares comments to fish market suggesting lack of structure

structural

argument structure-observation→builds criticism →ends in exaggerated climax

discourse markers -abrupt shifts to mimic chaotic online discourse

context

critiques publics obsession w/ expressing opinions constantly

lexis(words showing negativity

noise. babble. pollution. ranting

comparison

brookers piece is similar to Birrells in the sense that they are both newspaper articles informing readers of a particular issue and they both express personal opinions