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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