BBC student protest 4.16pm 10/11/10
The student protest was started to stop tuition fees rising from £3.000 to £9.000. The students did this to make a statement, but the minority caused a threat to the public (moral panic).
When minority of a group make the rest of a group become a stereotype they become folks devil, which means they become targeted by the audience of a certain text.
At the beginning of this protest it was all about students getting noticed about the money rising and fees rising. Now as a minority have bombarded it, it has now become a mockery.
Students are presented as a immature, feisty, uncontrolled young adults, which is not what the protest intended to be. fires where started and windows were broken, for no reason.
"Majority of this demonstration is still peaceful"
"This is the biggest demonstration that london has seen against austerity measures"
This news shows the bad stereotype of the student protesters. Even though its says the majority of the students are peaceful, the little minority have made the whole of the group seen bad.
Students are presented as rowdy people who don't really know why their there.
The fact that the protesters vandalized the princes car, was unacceptable. They went to far, making it become a mockery. The people at the protests probably aren't students but came to make a statement making a stereotype. By vandalizing the princes car, means the royal family are at risk, they have no reason to be involved. This makes it dangerous that if they can threaten the royal family, they are uncontrollable.
Students that were actually there to prove a point did, they stopped on going people who started riots, to stop vandalizing and breaking public uses. For One example the students made a circle around the vandalized police car which stopped violent protestors braking and smashing it. This showed courage and positive outlook to what was happening to the audience, stopping moral panic (in a way).
This would be moral panic at its worse, this explains and shows the moral panic of students to the audience. The people who break stuff and vandalize are probably not from university or college. This means it becomes mockery. The police are seen as overpowered as they cant do anything, they can make barriers but cant react, which shows the students are over powered.
