Youths In The News (Newspaper Analysis)

Mob of 200 youths pelt police with bricks and smash up shops 'in anger at on-going sex grooming trial (Link)








This article is about some events that happened a week or two ago involving youths. The text looks at youths in a very bad light, using "Mob" in the title which instantly paints a bad image of those involved in the events. Using sensationalist words such as "Mob" and "Rampage" will instantly make the readers feel a certain way towards the matters described, in this case it makes them feel negative towards the youths in the story. A good example of this would be when the  It was also interesting to see that in the title it said 'in anger at on-going sex grooming trial', with the line inside apostrophes possibly suggesting the youths' reasoning for the violence was not justified. The pictures with the article don't show youths, just pictures of policemen after the incidents. Overall the article describes youths in a very bad light and does not address the motives behind the abuse given by the teens.