Daily Mirror Wednesday 08.2.2012
Headline - WHY DID EVIL THUGS KICK AND BLIND ME?
Sub headline - RACE HATE LAD'S AGONY AS MAN ARRESTED
Synopsis of article.
A 17 year old boy was went through a 'horrific ordeal' as a group of seven or eight Asian men jumped him, punched him to the ground and stamped on his head as he lay 'helpless on the ground' his friend also aged 17 had his nose broken in an 'unprovoked attack' its been treated by police as 'race hate crime'.
This article shows youths in a negative way as the gang of Asian men targeted the two younger boys and beat them up. This is a common representation of youths today as they are seen as 'trouble' in the public. The emotive language used in this article is aimed at an older audience to engage the hatred felt by the people involved. Examples of this emotive language are; 'horrific', 'agony', 'thugs' and 'traumatized' these words are used by the press to enhance the audiences feelings and tug at their heart strings to produce a reaction. The press is also giving the impression of a moral panic as they are using terminology which will make an older audience scared of the young people today.
There is also an image of the 17 year old boy who was injured with him mother which is in the hospital where the young boy was for over a week and the image shows the boy with bruises all over his face and unable to see his eyes due to the swelling. This is also emotion to get the the desired impact on the public to feel for the boy and almost hate the people who had done this to him.
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