1. What kind of representations of young Londoners can you find?
2. Can you link them to any media theory?
3. How might you use these texts in an exam answer?

A negative representation is better than no representation at all. Discuss this statement with reference to the group or place you have studied.

The  representation of young people within the london riots have been portrayed negatively through the portrayal of moving image and print platforms. Throughout all these representations their seems to be a distinct pattern on images that have been shown, enveloping the corners of the broadsheet and tabloid newspapers. All of the shots of the 'looters' are stereotypically portrayed as Black (Fanon). Whilst the police force all seem to be white.