Representations on front pages

1. There is a stereotypical lower class youth that has been portrayed by the Sun in this image.
2. The paper is being very stereotypical in the way it has pictured the youth in the photo, with them dressed in a tracksuit, trainers wearing a balaclava and a man bag.
3. It has managed to create this representation due to a variety of media language. Firstly, the man has been pictured with the fire in the background which gives him a look of danger and destruction. Also, the lighting adds to his mysterious and danger due to the dark grey areas surrounding him and around the flames. Another point to add is that the man is in the foreground and is large which makes him seem threatening to the reader which creates a negative feeling towards the majority of youths and people that wear tracksuits. 
4. The Sun have reported the riots as 'mindless violence' which represents them as delinquents that go round destroying society. This will eventually rub off onto the whole of the reader's thoughts about all youths which is very negative as lots of teenagers are very positive members of the community. It also makes it sound as if they had no reasoning behind their brutal attacks when it was actually fueled by a police shooting. As well as this it is also reported that the 'riots spread across London', the use of the word 'spread' makes it sound as if the teenagers are a disease ruining the city. Finally, they have put the number of arrests in large text on the front page which to show the extent of the damage that has been caused.
5. This story does fit with the codes of convention of newspapers, firstly, it says it is the third day so the article has continuity to interest the readers and retain readership numbers. Furthermore, the story applies to the negativity code because it is all about crime and a negative reception of the youth community in London.