Riot Response & Identity

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

The responses of the rioters themselves weren't given a lot of space in the media, as interviewers were mainly interviewing police and people who had been affected by the riots or people in the community, it was also MP's and government that were interviewed, and older authoritative figures. They were given some space, but were made to look as though they were all uneducated people without jobs, and only the people who's interviews were shown were people that didn't have a reason to do it or didn't know why they were doing it.

-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 a space to respond in the media debates?

Not much space at all was given to young peoples voices although there was the odd interview with younger people but it mainly represented them in a negative light, the sorts of people picked to represent young people in the media and the ones that were given a voice were the ones that represented young people badly, such as the ones that had no jobs and went around causing trouble and the ones that were involved in the riots, there were no academic young people given a voice or young people that weren't involved in the riots

-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.