Sender and receiver

Here, we give you an overview of the communication situation in David Sedaris' essay "Obama!!!". We will look at sender and receiver, as well as at the medium and the context.

The sender of the text is David Sedaris, who is an American comedian, author, and radioman. Consequently, he has a relatively well-known public persona. The fact that David Sedaris is a comedian means readers might expect his article to be comical or ironical.

The fact that he is an American who lives in France and travels a lot gives him legitimacy to talk about American and European politics. Even if he is not directly involved in politics, he has been exposed (as a citizen) to different political attitudes in diffe...