The Daily Telegraph Article

This article shows a negative representation of youths and is very biased against them. It is taken from 'The Daily Telegraph', which would generally attract a middle aged, middle class audience. This somewhat backs up the biased take on the situation and people from the middle class would find it harder to relate to the lower class and would have a harder time seeing their side of things.

The headline itself reads 'Rule of the Mob', which holds negative connotations as the word 'mob' is often associated with anti-social behaviour and crime. A 'mob' is generally described as a group of people who behave in an inappropriate, unrestrained way which could definitely be applied to the behaviour of the people who took part in the London riots - although the points that they originally wished to put forward were reasonable, they acted in a very anti-social manner and created disorder rather than helping to solve the original problems.

The subheadings in the article read things like 'Gangs run riot from East to West' and 'Other cities hit by trouble' which suggest that the gangs are taking over and ruining Britain from every angle. Further subheadings such as 'Police lose control of Capital' and 'Cameron ends holiday early' suggest that the 'good guys' are trying their best to calm the situation although they are overwhelmed by the 'violence and disorder' they are working in the public's best interest. This portrays the government and the police in a positive light as it shows the police as good people who are overwhelmed by the horrible 'mob' and also tries to present David Cameron in a positive light as it states that he is ending his holiday early to come home, help and attempt to try and restore order.

The photograph depicts a woman jumping from a burning building which is very iconic as it displays to the reader the fact that innocent people were caught up in the violence of the riots. This adds further fuel to the negative stereotype of youths as it suggests that they have no conscience or regard for anyone who gets in their way, giving them a very apathetic appearance. It also points out that the original intention of the rioting has spiralled way out of control as it focuses no longer on informing the police of intention but rather drags innocent, irrelevant people into the chaos.