TV News: representation and bias

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story? In the opening shot they talk about how 8 policemen are in hospital  

2) How are the police represented in this coverage? They are represented as the hero and trying to make them look innocent. 

3) How are young people represented in this coverage? They are represented as the ones that created the riots and the violent ones.

4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story? There are a lot of Citizen journalism and most shot where from the police angle to make the audience feel that the teenager are the problem .

5) What choice of words is used to present this news event? they use word that make the rioters look bad and use words such as, looting,smashing, criminal investigating.

6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report? At the start they have a action code of a UCC of the bus on fire and shows where people can find out more about the story.

7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story? They start the story with the policemen that were in hospital and say how the riots happened. 

8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage? They say that it was a normal day and police were investigating. The disequilibrium will be when the shots were fired and people started to fight against the police. The new equilibrium will be when everything goes back to what it was like.

9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains? The heros are the policemen and the news makes the teenagers look like vilian.

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story? It will show another point of view for the audience and it is UCC.