representation and bias

1) Sky News has used the police's perspective and point of view to present this story.

2) The police are represented as innocent victims and are presented as people who were trying to help the residents.

3) Young people are represented as malevolent adolescents and are shown to be causing havoc to the town.

4) Sky News chose videos of young people throwing petrol bombs at the police to accompany the news stories. This shows the young people as inconsiderate people who are causing harm to innocent residents. They also showed videos of burning buses and buildings which were set on fire by the young people.

5) The presenters use words like "claim" and "it appears" to show that they are not being unjust towards the police and are trying to show that the young people were "looting" stores. This makes them sound like rowdy, disobedient children.

6) Sky News believes that the most important aspect of the story is the fact that 8 police officers have been hospitalised and injured because of the riots.

7) Narrative is used by chronologically presenting the story so that it makes sense. It is ongoing and it keeps the audience engaged.

8) This news coverage has an equilibrium and a disequilibrium however there is no new equilibrium as it does not show a result of what is going to happen.

9) Sky News creates heroes and villains therefore it applies to Propps' character theory.

10) If citizen journalism was used it would have shown two sides of the story and the news report would have been less biased. It would show why the young people reacted how they did and it would have shown how the police would have defended themselves.