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02/01/2018 - "Egregious YouTubers to face consequences  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42917180 Within this article, it talks about the new policies that YouTube are creating to be more strict towards the content that YouTubers produce and upload for the mainstream audiences. The chief executive of YouTube also speaks out on the recent events on YouTube that has led to a "significant harm" to the entire community of video-makers. The behaviour on YouTube by some video makers was described as "egregious" as it has led to a negative impact on YouTube's brand image and reputation. With the biggest news in 2018 of YouTube, Logan Paul had been under fire due to the policy violating video of a dead body in the "suicide forest" in Japan. Through this, the YouTube image has been negatively impacted and the site has been under closer scrutiny after the video was posted. Also, with another most recent news with the YouTuber "ItzArya...

How did the language and selection of images in the coverage create a particular representation of young people?  - The language and selection of images used inn the coverage created a particular representation of young people to be out of control "youths" that were rebellion. The newspapers used such negative images of the youths dressed in tracksuits in front of the newspaper to essentially put the thoughts in people's mindsets that young people were the main cause for the riots. Young people were referred to as "feral youths" which the word feral has connotations of a wild animal that is out of control and has escaped captivity. This essentially shows how the newspapers were referring young people to animals.  Why does David Buckingham mention Owen Jones and his work Chavs: the demonisation of the working class? - David Buckingham mentions Owen Jones because he wrote a book about the certain social class which are referred to as "chavs". Th...