1. The Portrayal of Sports stars and National Identity. Represe
... . The press at the time dubbed the Argentines "Argies" as they had during the Falklands War crisis. Again referring back to war times, and using military links. The British press doesn't even really need previous bad feelings or conflicts between countries to encourage the use of jingoistic headlines, ... ), illustrates, "Indian hockey team were said to be on an bonus of 100 popadoms a man" (Whannel 1992, p 137). The British media and their portrayal of foreign sports stars is usually to make them look inferior to the British or English competitor that they are playing against. This idea...
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