Task 1: Choose one of the news articles below to analyse. Post the link on your blog and make sure that you reference the date and title of article as well as where the article was published. Discuss how youths are represented using
the following prompts:
- Analyse the images and sensationalist/emotive language used.
- How does this article construct representation of youth identity?
- Are youths given a fair voice or is this article biased?
Task 2: Looking at the headlines below, analyse the language and images used and what messages they convey to the reader.
Article 1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8630533/Riots-the-underclass-lashes-out.html
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-escalate-police-battle
Article 2
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023984/London-riots-2011-Where-police-Shopkeepers-mystified-theyre-left-defenceless.html
Article 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14439970
Headlines used during the riots
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/aug/09/national-newspapers-london-riots
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