Social Media Responce

How far were the responses of the rioters themselves given space in the media?

• Not much really, the response of the news team on the rioters were jam packed but actually giving the rioters themselves any justice and having a say probably one or two stories. Using the research i have done there is probably next to none on the newspaper front but on YouTube there is one youth talking to Boris Johnson about why this all happened and how it can stop the protest. this young man has giving the rioters a voice to the man in charge of the city overrun, this is then therefore giving only a little space in the media for the rioters still so all in all there inst much on giving them a voice or a fair response in or to the media. This News broadcast on Sky news is live and on the youths at night in London. The news presenter portrays the two boys as thugs even though they have just been on a day out in Blackpool and trying to get home but cant due to the police also thinking they are thugs, this is another negative point against youths they really don't have a say or a fair voice in the media today shown in this news broadcast as a whole.

Given the general framing  of young people as the key participants in the events, how much space was given to young peoples voices and what sorts of young people were given space to respond in the media debates ?

• Some voices were shown through news broadcasts such as the live Sky News broadcast above which are shown on youtube but only why they are bad and not giving them a fair voice really, those two boys aren't even involved in the riots and enjoyed a day out in Blackpool but because they have hoodies they are portrayed as thugs. But on a whole not many voices where given to the youth population to actually say what was really happening in there point of view instead of them getting shown negatively instead of just them saying its a stand against government. This Video below is on the Young voters and is telling the public why the youths are standing up against the government and kind of giving them a voice through Adam Deacon he is telling the viewers that youths can get away with anything now and the world is going in the different direction of what its supposed to be going.

To what extent did social media challenge or confirm  representations of youth identity in the mass media during the time of the London riots?

• Discuss the positive and negative
• Use examples and theory to illustrate your argument.