Newspaper Articles

Newspaper: The Sun

Published Date: Tuesday 29th February 2012

Title of Article: "Yob 'got buzz' beating OAP"

URL: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4161172/Yob-got-buzz-beating-OAP.html#comment-rig

What sensationalist or emotive language is used?

The emotive language used in this article must have an impact on the audience as they are so effective, examples of this are 'battered' and 'unprovoked'. The word 'battered' describes how violent the 'yob' actions were towards the old man. And the word 'unprovoked' describes the fact that there was no reason for this attack.

What images accompany the article?

What would the language and images suggest about the representation of youths and youth culture?

Historical Case Study

Stanley Cohen's study was primarily about the Mods and Rockers of the 1960's but his initial ideas relate to moral panics and deviant amplification. A moral panic is the intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order, a contemporary example of this is "chavs". Chavs are stereotyped in this way because they wear tracksuit bottoms, hoodies, and be seen to be drinking illegally on the streets and in parks causing trouble.

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