Representation and bias

Watch this Sky News report from the London riots in 2011 and answer the questions below:

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story?
    This news story is being presented in perspective of the police. 2) How are the police represented in this coverage?
    The police are seen as the protagonist is this because sky news dont talk about how the riots started in              Tottenham. They mainly talk about the damage the riots have cause and the injuries to the 8 men.3) How are young people represented in this coverage?
    The young people are shown as the antagonist in this coverage because sky news are showing them as the
    reckless ones that have no reason to be protesting against the police.
4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?
    the only videos shown were of the young people assaulting the police officers and the chaos caused by the         people they dont ever show the police touching any one the rioters.
5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?
    one of the main words they used to describe what had happen is crime scene and evidence. This makes them
    look like they are committing a crime without reason making them look more threatening.
6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the 
    report?
    The part where the eight police men have been injured and are in hospital.
7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?
   the way they have used narrative to engage the audience is they were showing it live so it keeps them              viewing to see what else is going to be shown later on in the coverage.
8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?
    there was no equilibrium in this only a disequilibrium because of the riots. i dont think there was a new           equilibrium because nothing was shown afetr it was juss the damage left after and some fire fighters trying     to take out the fires.9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains?

    sky news have made it out like the hero of this whole thing are the police and the villains are the rioters   
    because of how they only talk about the police men being injured and nothing about the rioters or if they  
   have been hurt they only talk about the causing chaos.

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?

    citizen journalism could of been used on the rioters side of the story to show that they were maybe                   protesting and they police tried to stop them by maybe hurting someone which turned into a riot. so citizen       journalism is used to show the whole story of something that the gatekeeper might not of wanted on tv but 

    someone has recorded something and maybe put it up.