"Yobs Give Drivers A Snowball Fright" Page 15
What sensationalist or emotive language is used?
'20 idiotic louts'
I believe this is said by the press to make the situation seem a lot worse than it is. Louts to me is a word that means out of control and as this story progresses that is definitely what this group of children are classed as. The fact that 20 people where involved
also makes it quite a serious situation because if the police approached them they would still get questioned due to why there w
as so many of them together. Also because none of them have been named they have all been targeted as a group of "bad people" which may not necessarily be true. However this always happens in the media as the press amplify things to make the situation seem more serious.
"It's Horrendous''
By using such a sensationalist word, this middle aged woman makes the sit
uation of the "yobs" throwing large snowballs down a hill which could b
e in the way of cars and passers by getting broken/hurt
seem 10 times worse than it probably was. I also think that only collecting one comment and opinion off a person who was involved in the incident is slightly unreliable as another person who was at the scene at the exact same time could have explained that the "yobs" may have been getting up to no good, but no serious injuries had occurred for example anyone getting hurt the children were just being rude towards them. Overall I think this is an example of how easy society today brand people without even knowing their background and only judging them on one specific event they were involved in. for example one of the children who were out with their friends on that day, but didn't actually make a snowball or get involved in any of the abusive language there should in no way be blamed for it.
What images accompany the article?
The images that came with this specific article, aren't really detailed enough but they do show the "yobs" throwing the snowballs and shows the aftermath where the snowballs are next to moving car which indicates the fact that they must have hit it.
The children's faces had to be blurred out for legal reasons, but you can see by the clothing (hoodies and tracksuit bottoms) why people who immediately label them as a negative group of people. However all I think they were doing was having a good time playing in the snow, but when people react to the snowballs being in the middle of the road that's why they will have started to get angry and use aggressive language to stand their ground.
What would the language and images suggest about the representation of youths and youth culture?
I think because this main news paper story is about badly behaved teenagers aka "yobs", then a certain definition is there that makes you think the children are all apart of a group in which they behave in a negative light for example (bad language and behavior agaisnt people's property and passers by), youths are seen as rogues and chavs and people who don't have respect for society and believe that everything they do is correct. So I do think this article has it's links back to the youth culture scenario.
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