· How does the internet provide an enormous challenge for regulations?
· How does the internet provide-modern vision of identity?
· How does web 2.0 present a change for rioters since the Brixton riots?
· How has online press affected us in today’s society?
The Article ‘I Predict a rioter’ from the Sun represents a bad representation of youths in particular black youths are labeled with statics as being ‘previous criminals’ that show that they were the main party involved in the riots. They use horrific pictures of buildings burning and male youth holding lethal weapons which give off a sense of fear in society and creates moral panic. The internet shows a difference in web 2.0 and how it gave rioters freedom as they were able to spread views and share information to cause a rise in the rebellious action. However after the riots Marxist views came into action as Blackberry shut their entire network down in order to put regulations into place. Young people choose to use Blackberry and Facebook during the London Riots 2011 as it was cheap and an easy way of getting themselves heard. This was clearly different to the Brixton Riots in the 1980’s as there was no web 2.0 so youth had less sense of power as regulations and authority could rule and control them.
“One BBM broadcast posted on Monday evening appeared to urge protesters to go looting in Stratford, east London. "If you're down for making money, we're about to go hard in east london tonight, yes tonight!!" it said. "I don't care what ends you're from, we're personally inviting you to come and get it in. Police have taken the piss for too long and to be honest I don't know why its taken so long for us make this happen. We need a minimum of 200 hungry people. We're not broke, but who says no to free stuff. Doesn't matter if the police arrive cos we'll just chase dem out because as you've seen on the news, they are NOT ON DIS TING. Everyone meet at 7 at stratford park and let's get rich." – This was one of the messages that were broadcasted on Blackberry Messenger one of the looters. The media purposely choose this article as is gives a poor perception of youth as being uneducated due to the grammatical errors in this message also the use of slang represents their identity.
Web 2.0 is the main aspect of youths life some have become addicted The Daily mail said “BlackBerry itself is now the smartphone favoured by young people in this country, and is used by a massive 37 per cent of British teens.” This article reflects post modernist views about youth being able to have their own opinions.
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