Receiver
George Blecher’s article “More Than Coffee: New York’s Vanishing Diner Culture” was published in the New York Times in 2016, a liberal, progressive paper.
Considering the medium and the topic – New York diners — the main receivers are New Yorkers who read the newspaper. This is also indicated through the first lines of the article: “I suspect that other New Yorkers feel the same way” (l. 3). However, the New York Times is also available online and has a global readership, which makes all Americans and English-speaking readers potential receivers of the text.
Specifically, the article targets people who are familiar with diners, whether they are regular or occasional customers. This is indicated by the content of the article, which focuses on the development of the New York City diner.
As the writer includes the opinions of sociologists and experts on diner culture, we can assume that anyone interested ...