Essays about: "UK Riot"

Found 1 essay containing the words UK Riot.

  1. 1. Media representations of Young People in the UK Riots of 2011

    University essay from Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Meskerem Demissie; [2011]
    Keywords : UK Riot; Moral Panic; Youth Participation; Media Representations; UNCRC;

    Abstract : This study is a discourse analysis of media representations of young people’s participation in the summer riots that spread across the UK in August 2011. Drawing on articles published in three UK newspapers The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun this paper critically assesses the ways in which the media identified the behaviour of young people as symptomatic of a general moral decline in British society. READ MORE