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How does the newspaper coverage
  change as the riots progress?
‘Decent into Hell’ - 09th August 2011
                  •   Lists the extreme violence
                       –   Large areas of the capital burned as mindless
                           thugs fought pitched battles with police, with
                           violence spreading to West London as the
                           windows of Hugo Boss on Sloane Square were
                           reportedly smashed.
                       –   Children as young as eight were seen throwing
                           bottles at hard-pressed officers.
                       –   The anarchy spread round the country as
                           Birmingham was also hit by looting and
                           violence broke out in Liverpool early today.
                       –   Police confirmed riots in Bristol amid reports of
                           fires and looting in the city.
                       –   Meanwhile a Sony distribution centre the size
                           of a football pitch collapsed in flames in
                           Enfield, North London, after being hit.
                       –   Yobs used bins and shopping trolleys to smash
                           their way into a sports store. An off-duty bus
                           driver said: “They were like animals. It’s very
                           frightening.”
London riot cost to hit £100m
              10th Aug 2011
• BRITISH insurers face a bill running into
  “hundreds of millions of pounds” from the
  London riots, it was claimed last night. Thousands
  of homeowners and companies are expected to
  seek damages from the carnage of the past three
  days. But the huge cost is likely to be passed on
  to TAXPAYERS. Insurers last night admitted they
  expect to recover their costs from the Police
  Compensation Scheme. This kicks in when
  disturbances are legally defined as “riots”.
•
National lootery
    Cameron fights back after 4th day of
                 violence
•   HUNDREDS of copycat rioters rampaged through Manchester last night —
    looting, wrecking and setting shops ablaze.
•   Armed mobs took to the streets on a fourth day of violence that has spread across
    the country.
•   The number of cops deployed in the capital was increased to 16,000 — up from
    6,000. London remained largely peaceful with 81 arrests, bringing the total to 768.
•   And Prime Minister David Cameron said today that there was evidence the “more
    robust approach to policing in London” was behind the much quieter night in the
    capital.
•   The PM spoke after another meeting of the Cobra emergency committee. He
    declared the "fight-back" against violence was under way against the yobs who
    smashed up Britain’s cities.
•   David Cameron also included measures to help prevent further violence
     – Whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so.
     – “Police are already authorised to use baton rounds.
•
10th August onwards more news coverage
     about different areas – not just London
•   In MANCHESTER, hooded yobs armed with baseball bats ransacked stores in the
    Arndale Centre while another mob torched a Miss Selfridge. To see dramatic
    footage of the youth starting the fire at the store
•   In SALFORD, young thugs torched a BBC radio truck and set fire to a housing office.
    A gang of 100 louts set cars alight near Salford Shopping Centre — then pelted
    firefighters with stones.
•   In BIRMINGHAM, cops were last night investigating reports that a gun was fired
    during fresh rioting in the city that saw 80 people arrested. Around 500 rioters also
    taunted police near Birmingham’s Bullring centre after thugs tried to force their
    way into a watch store. Thirty yobs stole jewellery from a shop in the city centre
    after hurling manhole covers through the windows. Small gangs attempted to
    blockade the main routes into the city using bricks scavenged from building sites
    and wasteland as well as smashing glass across the road.
•   In WOLVERHAMPTON, hundreds of youths invaded the city centre, smashing
    windows and vandalising buildings. A boy of around 12 was seen throwing stones
    at a police van.
•   LIVERPOOL was hit by a second night of violence as thugs targeted fire engines
    with missiles.
After this date there are reports of
             repercussions
• Court procedures
• Jail
• Olympics girl is London 'riot yob‘
  – Olympic ambassador was sent to jail over taking
    part in the riots
• Even blamed the riots on the participants
  parents
  – ‘Riots blamed on poor parenting’
How is the newspaper coverage being
             mediated?
The headline
‘‘Rioters ages 7’’
amplifies the hard
hitting use of the
specific age shocks
the readers
Mediation




 Every time we encounter a media text, we are not seeing reality, but another version.
 Such as in papers as the audience are being encouraged towards concentrating on one
aspect of the text, such as the headlines as they have to be eye catching to they grab the
                                   audiences attention.
language and imagery
Everything we see or hear in the media is in fact mediated, the process of filtering the message is manipulated
for the viewers;

•   ‘‘Descent into hell as London burns’’ this article title is really dramatic and grasps the attention of the
    readers. ‘‘Woman leaps to safety from riot inferno’’ in Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol. - The language used
    throughout the article all relates to fire and the connotations of fire is danger, fear, enhancing the violence
    and terror that the riots are inflicting.

•   ‘‘Large areas of the capital burned as mindless thugs fought pitched battles with police, with violence
    spreading to West London as the windows of Hugo Boss on Sloane Square were reportedly smashed.’’ -
    The word thugs highlights the stereotypical ideal of youths and battles shows the way that the media are
    amplifying the riots as a battle between classes.

•   ‘‘Children as young as eight were seen throwing bottles at hard-pressed officers.’’ - The articles from The
    Sun also focus very much on the age of the rioters and constantly refereeing to them as young as eight
    which again enhances the outrage that British youths are becoming more and more influence to violence
    at a young age.
language and imagery




                      ‘‘On the prowl ... a masked lout marauds through burning Hackney yesterday’’


This statement that The Sun has described with this image involves ‘prowl’. This gives the youths a animalistic
trait making them seem more savage like, distancing them away from human beings as they rioted around
London. The also use of ‘burning’ indicates that they no longer describe Hackney as a town but as burning
highlighting the idea that its being destroyed and soon becoming the habitat for the rioters that the police
need to claim back to a restored society.
language and imagery
•   ‘‘A woman called Caroline told how her husband was dragged off his motorbike by a baying mob of 12
    hooded youths, who beat and kicked him, then took his bike. She said: “He is in a real state and we can’t
    get to him. This is just sheer criminality. These people have no cause.”

•   ‘‘HACKNEY descended into a war zone after the rioting broke out about 5pm. Senior cops were checking
    reports that the violence was sparked by a stop and search. Three police cars were destroyed in daylight
    and another vehicle still ablaze as darkness descended. ‘’- The language used especially a ‘‘warzone’’
    which amplifies the battle that was occurring creating a more dramatic description of the events.

•   ‘‘EIGHT police officers were hospitalised following rioting in North London last night.’’ The use of the
    capital letter highlights the outrage that eight police officers were submitted to hospital, which shows the
    lack of respect to the authority of society.

                                     Images from the papers
Who’s perspective is the article/paper written
                   from?




The article is written from the perspective of adults and perhaps middle or upper
class to highlight the occurrence of the moral panic (Cohen 1972) of the riots. The
theory of McRobbie (2004) shows the representations and emphasis of the
middle class and its dominance and depict the working class in negative ways.
The perspective also use Gramsic's theory of (1971) Cultural Hegemony which
argues the idea that one social class which is usually middle class and upper class
societies go on to dominate a society by making their way of life and values
appear normal, juxtaposing the youths and the rioting. Giroux (1997) shows that
media representations of young people are constructed by adults, because of this
they reflect adults concerns and anxieties.
The Sun: Moral Panic in the
      London Riots
Moral Panic created from the front
                  covers
• Showing buildings on fire shows how violent the rioters are. It makes
  people worry about if their houses could end up on fire due to the riot.
• The people they’ve captured in the photographs look intimidating as their
  faces are covered and they’re wearing dark clothing. It creates moral panic
  as you can’t see the identity of who is involved in the violent protesting.
  They are portrayed as the type of people you’d want to avoid in the
  streets.
• Moral Panic is created for the older generation as the paper is focusing on
  mainly youths in the riots. Mentioning the rioters ages emphasises how
  young some of the people are that are getting involved.
Moral Panic in the articles
• The language used “Riots Ravage Tottenham” is quite extreme and
  emotive. The word “ravage” is quite animalistic portraying how the media
  sees the youths.
• Moral Panic is created by emphasising the fact that “EIGHT police officers
  were hospitalized…” The word “EIGHT” is written in capital letters to
  highlight the number. This creates moral panic making the public feel that
  if the police are getting injured and can’t stop the riots, no one is safe.
• “Cops battle riots across London”. The word “battle” creates moral panic
  as it implies that a kind of war is happening. Innocent people living in the
  local areas would be shocked that this is happening near them and would
  be frightened of it.
What identity is being constructed for
  the British youths shown in this
              coverage?
‘Mindless Violence’

                      Hoodie and
                      bandana

Striking headline.


                      Represented in
                      tracksuit, bottom
                      s, the
                      stereotypical
                      hoodie and
Fire walking away     trainers.
from the scene he’s
just created.
Hoodies and caps worn
 Caught in the act violently
                                                    representing the stereotypical
 smashing window.
                                                    youth.




Stereotypical
gang.


                Destruction ... yobs kick in the window of a jewellery store near
                            Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre
                                                          Named as ‘yobs’.
Covering of face.




Chaos ... yob in front of blazing car in Hackney
                                                   Striking image of
                                                   scene
  Named as ‘yob’.

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The sun 2

  • 1. How does the newspaper coverage change as the riots progress?
  • 2. ‘Decent into Hell’ - 09th August 2011 • Lists the extreme violence – Large areas of the capital burned as mindless thugs fought pitched battles with police, with violence spreading to West London as the windows of Hugo Boss on Sloane Square were reportedly smashed. – Children as young as eight were seen throwing bottles at hard-pressed officers. – The anarchy spread round the country as Birmingham was also hit by looting and violence broke out in Liverpool early today. – Police confirmed riots in Bristol amid reports of fires and looting in the city. – Meanwhile a Sony distribution centre the size of a football pitch collapsed in flames in Enfield, North London, after being hit. – Yobs used bins and shopping trolleys to smash their way into a sports store. An off-duty bus driver said: “They were like animals. It’s very frightening.”
  • 3. London riot cost to hit £100m 10th Aug 2011 • BRITISH insurers face a bill running into “hundreds of millions of pounds” from the London riots, it was claimed last night. Thousands of homeowners and companies are expected to seek damages from the carnage of the past three days. But the huge cost is likely to be passed on to TAXPAYERS. Insurers last night admitted they expect to recover their costs from the Police Compensation Scheme. This kicks in when disturbances are legally defined as “riots”. •
  • 4. National lootery Cameron fights back after 4th day of violence • HUNDREDS of copycat rioters rampaged through Manchester last night — looting, wrecking and setting shops ablaze. • Armed mobs took to the streets on a fourth day of violence that has spread across the country. • The number of cops deployed in the capital was increased to 16,000 — up from 6,000. London remained largely peaceful with 81 arrests, bringing the total to 768. • And Prime Minister David Cameron said today that there was evidence the “more robust approach to policing in London” was behind the much quieter night in the capital. • The PM spoke after another meeting of the Cobra emergency committee. He declared the "fight-back" against violence was under way against the yobs who smashed up Britain’s cities. • David Cameron also included measures to help prevent further violence – Whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. – “Police are already authorised to use baton rounds. •
  • 5. 10th August onwards more news coverage about different areas – not just London • In MANCHESTER, hooded yobs armed with baseball bats ransacked stores in the Arndale Centre while another mob torched a Miss Selfridge. To see dramatic footage of the youth starting the fire at the store • In SALFORD, young thugs torched a BBC radio truck and set fire to a housing office. A gang of 100 louts set cars alight near Salford Shopping Centre — then pelted firefighters with stones. • In BIRMINGHAM, cops were last night investigating reports that a gun was fired during fresh rioting in the city that saw 80 people arrested. Around 500 rioters also taunted police near Birmingham’s Bullring centre after thugs tried to force their way into a watch store. Thirty yobs stole jewellery from a shop in the city centre after hurling manhole covers through the windows. Small gangs attempted to blockade the main routes into the city using bricks scavenged from building sites and wasteland as well as smashing glass across the road. • In WOLVERHAMPTON, hundreds of youths invaded the city centre, smashing windows and vandalising buildings. A boy of around 12 was seen throwing stones at a police van. • LIVERPOOL was hit by a second night of violence as thugs targeted fire engines with missiles.
  • 6. After this date there are reports of repercussions • Court procedures • Jail • Olympics girl is London 'riot yob‘ – Olympic ambassador was sent to jail over taking part in the riots • Even blamed the riots on the participants parents – ‘Riots blamed on poor parenting’
  • 7. How is the newspaper coverage being mediated?
  • 8. The headline ‘‘Rioters ages 7’’ amplifies the hard hitting use of the specific age shocks the readers
  • 9. Mediation Every time we encounter a media text, we are not seeing reality, but another version. Such as in papers as the audience are being encouraged towards concentrating on one aspect of the text, such as the headlines as they have to be eye catching to they grab the audiences attention.
  • 10. language and imagery Everything we see or hear in the media is in fact mediated, the process of filtering the message is manipulated for the viewers; • ‘‘Descent into hell as London burns’’ this article title is really dramatic and grasps the attention of the readers. ‘‘Woman leaps to safety from riot inferno’’ in Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol. - The language used throughout the article all relates to fire and the connotations of fire is danger, fear, enhancing the violence and terror that the riots are inflicting. • ‘‘Large areas of the capital burned as mindless thugs fought pitched battles with police, with violence spreading to West London as the windows of Hugo Boss on Sloane Square were reportedly smashed.’’ - The word thugs highlights the stereotypical ideal of youths and battles shows the way that the media are amplifying the riots as a battle between classes. • ‘‘Children as young as eight were seen throwing bottles at hard-pressed officers.’’ - The articles from The Sun also focus very much on the age of the rioters and constantly refereeing to them as young as eight which again enhances the outrage that British youths are becoming more and more influence to violence at a young age.
  • 11. language and imagery ‘‘On the prowl ... a masked lout marauds through burning Hackney yesterday’’ This statement that The Sun has described with this image involves ‘prowl’. This gives the youths a animalistic trait making them seem more savage like, distancing them away from human beings as they rioted around London. The also use of ‘burning’ indicates that they no longer describe Hackney as a town but as burning highlighting the idea that its being destroyed and soon becoming the habitat for the rioters that the police need to claim back to a restored society.
  • 12. language and imagery • ‘‘A woman called Caroline told how her husband was dragged off his motorbike by a baying mob of 12 hooded youths, who beat and kicked him, then took his bike. She said: “He is in a real state and we can’t get to him. This is just sheer criminality. These people have no cause.” • ‘‘HACKNEY descended into a war zone after the rioting broke out about 5pm. Senior cops were checking reports that the violence was sparked by a stop and search. Three police cars were destroyed in daylight and another vehicle still ablaze as darkness descended. ‘’- The language used especially a ‘‘warzone’’ which amplifies the battle that was occurring creating a more dramatic description of the events. • ‘‘EIGHT police officers were hospitalised following rioting in North London last night.’’ The use of the capital letter highlights the outrage that eight police officers were submitted to hospital, which shows the lack of respect to the authority of society. Images from the papers
  • 13. Who’s perspective is the article/paper written from? The article is written from the perspective of adults and perhaps middle or upper class to highlight the occurrence of the moral panic (Cohen 1972) of the riots. The theory of McRobbie (2004) shows the representations and emphasis of the middle class and its dominance and depict the working class in negative ways. The perspective also use Gramsic's theory of (1971) Cultural Hegemony which argues the idea that one social class which is usually middle class and upper class societies go on to dominate a society by making their way of life and values appear normal, juxtaposing the youths and the rioting. Giroux (1997) shows that media representations of young people are constructed by adults, because of this they reflect adults concerns and anxieties.
  • 14. The Sun: Moral Panic in the London Riots
  • 15. Moral Panic created from the front covers • Showing buildings on fire shows how violent the rioters are. It makes people worry about if their houses could end up on fire due to the riot. • The people they’ve captured in the photographs look intimidating as their faces are covered and they’re wearing dark clothing. It creates moral panic as you can’t see the identity of who is involved in the violent protesting. They are portrayed as the type of people you’d want to avoid in the streets. • Moral Panic is created for the older generation as the paper is focusing on mainly youths in the riots. Mentioning the rioters ages emphasises how young some of the people are that are getting involved.
  • 16. Moral Panic in the articles • The language used “Riots Ravage Tottenham” is quite extreme and emotive. The word “ravage” is quite animalistic portraying how the media sees the youths. • Moral Panic is created by emphasising the fact that “EIGHT police officers were hospitalized…” The word “EIGHT” is written in capital letters to highlight the number. This creates moral panic making the public feel that if the police are getting injured and can’t stop the riots, no one is safe. • “Cops battle riots across London”. The word “battle” creates moral panic as it implies that a kind of war is happening. Innocent people living in the local areas would be shocked that this is happening near them and would be frightened of it.
  • 17. What identity is being constructed for the British youths shown in this coverage?
  • 18. ‘Mindless Violence’ Hoodie and bandana Striking headline. Represented in tracksuit, bottom s, the stereotypical hoodie and Fire walking away trainers. from the scene he’s just created.
  • 19. Hoodies and caps worn Caught in the act violently representing the stereotypical smashing window. youth. Stereotypical gang. Destruction ... yobs kick in the window of a jewellery store near Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre Named as ‘yobs’.
  • 20. Covering of face. Chaos ... yob in front of blazing car in Hackney Striking image of scene Named as ‘yob’.