Representation & Bias

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story? (Clue: it’s in the opening line)
Sky News has used the 8 Police men who were in hospital because of the riots in London.


2) How are the police represented in this coverage?
The police are represented as the victims in the London riots as the presenters are presenting the story in honour of the police men who are suffering in hospital because of the riots. 


3) How are young people represented in this coverage?
Young people are represented as violent and reckless in the coverage as they are showing smashing bottles, throwing petrol bombs, setting cars, building and buses on fire. 

4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?
The images & videos shown by sky news is the rioters going reckless and destroying anything that comes into their path. 


5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?
The choice of words used in this news coverage are words to describe how violent the rioters are and how vunerable the police are. 


6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report?
The most important aspect of the story is the part of the London Bus and building that were lit on fire by the rioters and the police officers suffering in hospital to show how violent the riots were.

7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?
The narrative is used the enage the audience to show how violent and serious it is by the public having to be injured and having to leave their own homes because of this devastating event.

8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?
We can apply this by saying if it was fair or not, the riots was not fair at all for the members of the public and others as they did nothing to cause this. The disequilibrium is started by when the police gets involved and that there would be more fighting as police would fight and the rioters would fight back.

9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains?

There is no heros or villians in this event. But some would say that the heros is the police crew as they stopped the riots by arresting them and the villians would be the rioters causing the masses of destruction everywere. 

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?
Citizen journaslim would have been used to provide a different story as it may show the police throwing things back, news programmes may not have covered those bits of the police throwing deadly objects back.