London Riots
Representation of events
Opening paragraph
Info on events
I will explore representation of two events… one of the key events of 2011 is London riots and the media response to them riots. Several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting, looting arson and mass deployment of police.
The front cover of the daily mail newspapers (Tuesday 9 august 2011) included the head line “the anarchy spreads” the front cover contained a main central image which took up the hole cover of a young teenager dresses in a addais tracksuit with the hood up and the face and hands covered . This image also appeared on other newspaper front covers during the event such as the daily express the sun and the indented. …show more content…
The news broadcast then shows a mao of where the riots are taking place obviously to show the American viewers how close the riots are to the location for upcoming Olypics that took place in London 2012. Ths would negatively represent the city of London to the American audience may put a lot of people off from visiting the country when the olypics are taking place.
“we are told it was this mans death that started it all” anchored by an image of mark duggan with a direct mode of address. Nt the image used in the sun newspaper article from 5th August 2011 which represented Mark duggan as a gangster. The image used in the sun newspaper showed mark duggan making a gun sign with his hand and wearing bling the dress code associated with gang members and culture. This newspaper report represented mark duggan in a negative way and in term of is background making out that he shot at police first. The image would make an audience think he was to blame for his …show more content…
Shows interview with police commissioner – opinion leader giving his thoughts on the rioting –“what I’ve seen is pure violence” – how ill this effect how people (especially the American target audience ) view this events
Great concern for British government the rioting has moved into middle class areas – so id the government only concerned now because the richer citizens are being affected?
Discusses history of violence in area before “similar riots in the 80’s – news reporter states that always been a lot of gang activity in Tottenham and forceful policing- “always been a lot of distrust between the police and the black community in particular”- makes links to 1995 riots which took place after the death of a black woman when her house was raided by police- similar ting occurring with shooting dead of young 29 year old black man mark Duggan- would make an audience think that the police have a problem with the black community- was tis man shot because he was black??
“black community up in arms- caused the initial start
Opening paragraph
Info on events
I will explore representation of two events… one of the key events of 2011 is London riots and the media response to them riots. Several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting, looting arson and mass deployment of police.
The front cover of the daily mail newspapers (Tuesday 9 august 2011) included the head line “the anarchy spreads” the front cover contained a main central image which took up the hole cover of a young teenager dresses in a addais tracksuit with the hood up and the face and hands covered . This image also appeared on other newspaper front covers during the event such as the daily express the sun and the indented. …show more content…
The news broadcast then shows a mao of where the riots are taking place obviously to show the American viewers how close the riots are to the location for upcoming Olypics that took place in London 2012. Ths would negatively represent the city of London to the American audience may put a lot of people off from visiting the country when the olypics are taking place.
“we are told it was this mans death that started it all” anchored by an image of mark duggan with a direct mode of address. Nt the image used in the sun newspaper article from 5th August 2011 which represented Mark duggan as a gangster. The image used in the sun newspaper showed mark duggan making a gun sign with his hand and wearing bling the dress code associated with gang members and culture. This newspaper report represented mark duggan in a negative way and in term of is background making out that he shot at police first. The image would make an audience think he was to blame for his …show more content…
Shows interview with police commissioner – opinion leader giving his thoughts on the rioting –“what I’ve seen is pure violence” – how ill this effect how people (especially the American target audience ) view this events
Great concern for British government the rioting has moved into middle class areas – so id the government only concerned now because the richer citizens are being affected?
Discusses history of violence in area before “similar riots in the 80’s – news reporter states that always been a lot of gang activity in Tottenham and forceful policing- “always been a lot of distrust between the police and the black community in particular”- makes links to 1995 riots which took place after the death of a black woman when her house was raided by police- similar ting occurring with shooting dead of young 29 year old black man mark Duggan- would make an audience think that the police have a problem with the black community- was tis man shot because he was black??
“black community up in arms- caused the initial start