The genre of this text is that it is a feature article. The source is the West Australian newspaper and the writer is Nick Miller. This feature article is aimed at basically everyone. Because everyone at some stage watches television, movies, listens to music or has in some way had contact with drugs or knows someone who has. Mostly aimed at children and young adults, who tend to watch, listen and attend drug related things. The purpose of this article is to get the point across that drugs are seen everywhere, even when it isn't until you really take a good look at something that u notice that it is drug related. Also that drugs have a big influence on our lives. Nick Miller targets shows and music like the Simpson's and Eminem, along with others. "Drugs are literally, and metaphorically, washing up on our shores." He uses this sentence, which I think is a great aspect to what he is trying to tell his intended audience. He uses colloquial language. I think he uses this because it is the type of language his target audience most relates to, therefore gaining their attention and keeping it throughout the article. He also uses rhetorical questions, such as "Is any of this remotely surprising?" and "Are parents on top of this?" and "Are the police on top of this?" He uses these because they agree with his argument and like me I"d say he believes this article is one that the audience needs to know, not something just for pure entertainment, but because it is a social issue. He uses a personal survey which may not be valid, but when/if the audience thinks about it, it makes sense and isn't completely unbelievable. This article may not be completely based on facts and figures, but it gets the clear point across that "The problem is communicating the physiological, psychological and social dangers as a deluge of music and movies sends a very different message.".
The problems of marijuana legalization.
