Thursday 11 August 2011

DEFINING IMAGES FROM LONDON RIOTS.





The recent disturbances in London, or 'Jazz Shopping' as some have called the riots, have produced a series of powerful images. Year 13 students may wish to consider the media issues and debates linked to these images. We will be discussing these images/videos when we return to school next month. Why have these moments been used by mainstream media? What do they tell us about 21st Century digital media?

Channel Four News item and the You Tube clip of the Ashraf Haziq mugging:
http://www.channel4.com/news/online-campaign-for-riot-victim-ashraf-haziq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327J3ISiVOU

Hackney Woman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCS7c__OSBw


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