London riots, Tight Jeans and Ill Manors

London riots, August 2011

'Kids take on cops in £100m rampage' (The Sun)

'Rioters aged 7' (The Sun)

'Rule of the mob' (Telegraph)

'Flaming morons' (Daily Express)

'Yob rule' (Little Independent)

'Sweep scum off our streets' (Daily Express)

'You're a disgrace to your country' (Daily Mail on olympic girl)

'Our sick society' (Daily Telegraph)

Destiny Ekaragha, Tight Jeans

Representation of youth on estates

Ill Manors, Plan B

Youth represented in negative way, coincides with London Riots. Riots happened in 2011 and the music video was released in 2012 - benefit of hindsight

What to do in the exam:TEXT
REPRESENTATION OF YOUTH how are young people represented?

KEY POINTS significance of representation

THEORY theorists to discuss

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES link discussion to articles we looked at