Sky News Report On 2011 Riots

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story? (Clue: it’s in the opening line)
The Sky News have used the perspective of the police. This shows that the news are on the police' side and not the protesters, this might be because the protesters have turned dangerous and violent.2) How are the police represented in this coverage?
The police are presented in a way as if they are the ones who have not done anything and the protesters are shown to be doing the damage but there is no video footage of the peaceful side of the protest.3) How are young people represented in this coverage?
Young people in this video footage are shown to be violent and that they are greedy thieves. This might affect the reputation of younger people as they might begin to be pushed away by society.4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?
The images and videos in this footage are businesses and other things set a light and burning down in flames and this gives the viewers a negative thing to think about young people.5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?
'Young', 'Riots' those are only a couple of the words that they describe this footage as and this has a negative thing to think about 'young' people as they are the main ones in this riot. The word riot shows that the peaceful protest has know got out of hand.6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report?
The main aspects that have been chosen for the footage are the businesses burnt down and the bus on fire.
7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?
The narrative engages the audience by hinting on what happens later in the TV News program and that causes you to keep watching until the end to see what happens.8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?

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

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?

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Case Study 4 News Round

BBC Newsround: Case Study

1) https://youtu.be/BP0Z6fF-vpw
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2) News-round use's the key conventions of TV news use's key conventions .In the beginning there is a graphics shot of the world spinning this shows the show is presenting International news   the graphics make the program look modern too. Newsround use's music in the intro Newsround this music is like an identity for the show so when the target audience hear it they recognise its Newsround.

3) The presenters of the show are Ricky Boleto , Leah Boleto ,Martin Dougan ,Hayley Hasall ,Jenny Lawrence

.They have a variety of presenters because otherwise if they had the same presenters it would become boring for the target audience and they would loose viewers. Also children have a short attention span so they like change.

4) No, these are all the presenters of the news programme however these presenters present the news on various different days and sometimes if there is a big story the presenters go to where it's taking place furthermore they might interview the public.

5) The studio looks modern it has a combination of graphics in the background on the walls and the studio has chairs in it. In the background the graphics are constantly moving this is use of technology in the program.The main colours in the studio are purple and blue.The studio makes use of modern technology by having video footage in the background this is seen this allows the target audience to visualise the story. 

6) In the opening sequence of Newsround there are moving graphics and the theme tune.The graphics fit the show as it gets changed otherwise the intro will become out of date and it won't be as good.The opening sequence fits the key conventions of TV news as it use's all of them. The opening sequence looks professional.

7) Typically Newsround present the story in a way that young children can understand it they use language the children can understand.They have footage of the story and the presenters commentary over it so that the target audience can understand what's happening.The provide images too so that you don't have to visualise what is happening. For some stories they have the reporters on scene they interview people this isn't done in great depth. The show use's graphics to dumb-down certain stories so the audience can understand what's happening. 

8) The show is aimed at children aged 6-12 the stories and language used reflect this in the show. The show pick stories which appeal to younger children so they are appropriate and the children are interested. 

9) The target audience can get involved with the show via the internet where they can comment on certain stories the comments are picked out then read out on the show. In the show young people do feature if there is story effecting young people they will go ask them questions for example in the video where there is a story about the layout of classrooms the presenters went to a school in Salford to interview school children about the layout of classrooms at school.