How far were the responses of the riots themselves given
space in the media?
Given the
general framing of young people as the key participants in the events, how much
space was given to young peoples’ voices
From the research i conducted about the youth image during the london riots i found that there were next to no interviews with youths just peoples opinions on them. As the youths were not able to defend themselves nor give there side of the story this just reinforced the stereotypes given. People/reporters all gave their views on the youths that they thought were right and of course being of the older generation they always have to be right regardless of what is actually right. I think that it is disgusting that the youths are being basically slandered without being given the chance to defend themselves. Without asking them we will never know why they became involved to such a point and why this voilent crime wave escalated beyond all expectations.
What sorts of young people were given space to respond in the media debates?
From the research i conducted about the youth image during the london riots i found that there were next to no interviews with youths just peoples opinions on them. As the youths were not able to defend themselves nor give there side of the story this just reinforced the stereotypes given. People/reporters all gave their views on the youths that they thought were right and of course being of the older generation they always have to be right regardless of what is actually right. I think that it is disgusting that the youths are being basically slandered without being given the chance to defend themselves. Without asking them we will never know why they became involved to such a point and why this voilent crime wave escalated beyond all expectations.
What sorts of young people were given space to respond in the media debates?
To what
extent did social media challenge or confirm representations of youth identity
in the mass media during the time of the London riots?
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Discuss
the positive and negative.
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Use
examples and theory to illustrate your argument.
On the other hand social media greatly challenged
the reputations of youth identity in the mass media during the time of the London
riots. After the riots people tool to
different forms of social media such as twitter (@RIOTCLEANUP) and Facebook
(Riot Clean Up) many of these people were youths and were disgusted and
distressed at the happenings in their city so rounded up people to go to the
streets and clean up all the mess. All so there was a Facebook campaign Not in my name which was people taking pictures of themselves holding a sign saying not in my name. All of these people wanted to disassociate themselves with the youths during the riots, they didn't feel that it was fair that they were assumed to be the same when in fact they are all different
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