Sender and receiver

In this section of the study guide, you can read about the sender, receiver, and context and setting of the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua.

Sender

The sender of the article is Amy Chua, an American author and Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

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Receiver

The receiver of the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” is the readership of the international newspaper The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper’s...

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Context and setting

When it comes to the context and the setting of the communication situation, we remind you that the article was published in 2011, around the same time that Chua published Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The article also contains excerpts from Chua’s book and was supposed to be an ironic and amusing

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