2. Video 1 - London riots rage for third
• night
How does the TV coverage change as the riots
progress?
• The footage of the fire to the footage of
metropolitan police deputy assistant
commissioner.
• The police deputy explains the increase of
police after the lack of control and also
residents complaining how “they done
nothing”
• “Polices are on 12 hours shifts… patrolling
through afternoon and evening… more
vehicles used”
• Second video is shown in the morning which
are shown to adults before work – calming the
society down, a sense of safeness
• How is this coverage being mediated?
• Fire at the start of the video – emphasises the
destruction of the building instead of the
houses/buildings that weren't destroyed
• Language – ‘rage’ very angry/out of control
verb, also links to the fire in the video
3. Video 1 - London riots rage for third
night
• What identity is being constructed for the
British youths shown in these reports?
• Fire in the video – suggest how
dangerous/violent the youths are. The fire
is also shown in various location in England
• Aggressive – shouting “come on” to the
police
• Greedy – “lets get sum watches fam”
planning on what they are going to steal
• How can you apply Moral Panic’s theory
to these reports?
• Group of youths coming together as a
threat on the society
• The police and resident’s create this
cultural hegemony which shows this is not
acceptable.
4. Video 2 - London riots: Scale of
violence 'unprecedented'
• How is this coverage being mediated?
• “Prime Minister, David Cameron, has cut short his
holiday in Italy to take charge of the crisis”
• Shows this is an urgent matter and empathises
how serious this situation is
• The police office is deliberately shown his
uniform – shows authority
• What identity is being constructed for the
British youths shown in these reports?
• “Overnight over 200 have been arrested which
bring the total to 400, further arrest plan this
morning”
• Shows identity of theft/criminals
• How can you apply Moral Panic’s theory to these
reports?
• Society is controlling that panic by explaining
what is going to be done.
• “A lot of people contacted us they felt
abandoned, some people had to defend their own
homes with pots and pans. Is that going to
happen again? How are you going to stop it?”
5. Londoners join together to protect communities
This video is mediated to create a calm and to show community
This is done by:
• Having a soft spoken women new reporter
• Showing images and speaking of community
• The clip starts with hymns being sung in a church which connote peace
• Shows different communities such as Sikhs in west London and Turkish in
east London “We want to harness the positivity and
look after each other”
“they came to light fires of their own in
hackney today, local people wanting to replace “across london people have been
the images of violence with symbols of peace.” getting together wanting to do
something”
An example “They dispersed quickly due to the
of how the sheer numbers of police”
police tackled
Although it does express how
This video aims to capture how police are in charge rioters and
vigilante groups are aiming to
acted as a
This is done by: act as the police to keep
symbol of
rioters away in the last clip,
• Using a stern mail voice for the reporter/ contrast from the authority
this report is in response to it
previous video showing that
showing that the police are
• Talking to the police they are in
fully in charge <-
• Showing signs of a peaceful London with police patrolling charge again
• sign of rehabilitation are shown as people in the clip are
giving suggestions
Opinion of local residents is
shared on how to fix the “A peaceful night was
problem, this creates an only interrupted by the
apathy for viewers at home occasional police siren”
6. I looked at the two last videos as
the riots where coming to an end
and saw how the bbc covered
this
Londoners join together to protect communities London riots: No major trouble on the streets
• Both videos and news coverage aim to create a calm and to reinforce
and ending to the riots.
• The two videos show an ending to the riots and aim to reassure the
general public that there is nothing to be feared anymore- this is
therefor trying to cover up and sweep the moral panic that was created
at first away.
• Both videos are mediated from a adult perspective, the perspective of
the youth is ignored, it is mediated to suit the bbc’s middle class adult
audience.
• There is not much identity of the youth created, there presence is
almost ignored alike how they are trying to ignore that the riots
happened, although in particular the second video a negative view of
the youth is still present, disappointment is shown.
• The moral panic that was created in the first place by the media/bbc is
trying to be covered up and forgotten about now it has came to an end
7. • The 4th clip highlights that rioting has calmed down. There are no signs of looting. The video also exaggerates that there are police
everywhere. In the 3rd video it is brought to attention that the lack of police had refrained rioting from progressing after the first day.
• Video 3:
• ‘”There are 16000 police on standby in the capital tonight, nearly 3 x more than last night”
• “How quickly, almost fatally the mayhem must have come”
• “These pictures show how young many of them are, some barely out of childhood, and how much they seem to be enjoying it”
• “There is a breath-taking sense of impunity; there is nothing there to stop them”
• “It is absolutely disgusting, they are feral rats, and what are those parents doing? Those children should be at home “
• “I want protection, this is what they’re here for, I’m not secure at work, at home, where are the police, the police station is right behind
our building, but ill the police be there to protect us tonight”
• “Boris Johnson tried to bring the keep calm carry on spirit of the ‘riot wombles’ to Clapham today but when he arrived people vented
on him.”
• “Tonight police are bracing for the possibility of more, the uneasy capital is quiet for now but its landmarks stand out against a new
unsettled city scape “
• Video 4:
• “A far cry from the trouble of Sunday night tempers only flaring when local people turned out to prevent any looting were themselves
contained by police”
• “The fiery madness of Monday not repeated, only the rows of parked police vehicles, a reminder that all had not been well”
• “If the Mets not here then tough luck we’ll take the law into our own hands”
• “In Ealing the large number of police ensured there was no repeat of yesterday”
• “I’m feeling much safer than last night; there is a visibility of police everywhere”
• “We could hardly see a police officer last night”
• “After Monday’s violence it was calm in the capital, though it’s too soon for police to put away their riot gear all together”
