Media Vs. Child

Just wanna take some time to ease my mind.

Wanna share somethings that have been holding on my mind since I dunno when.

Since my major is related to family and child development, I would like to give a glimspe of my mind about child and the effects of media toward child development.

I believe that something must have some good and bad effect in it, so does the media.

Lately, in our country there's such a cruel tragedy about sexual harassment or I can say that as  'rape and murder case toward underage child'. The media blow up the news intensively day by day and it become a national news. It is not that I disagree or showing no condolescene toward the victim, actually I as a girl felt how awful it is, how dare they did such a cruel thing toward a 14 years old girl.

What I'm scared of this tragedy is the exposure of the news towards child, cause some media described the scene of the tragedy in vigorous or vulgar ways, they didn't think who would hear/see/read the news, MOSTLY of them are just care about rating, and how to lead mass opinion. As we know that the news spread uncontrollably and we can't control the child whether they heard/see/read it on the tv, radio, newspaper, and etc. or not.  I'm afraid that children would get familiar with those kind of crime/action, and it will unconciously creeping through their unconcious mind, and they will do something similar if they are on position that support them to do so,  because they have an assumption that 'this is a common thing to do' 'this is something that ever did by someone so it's quite acceptable'. 

After that case, there are many of similar case that come out to the surface like an iceberg phenomenon. It was such a dilemma, the society have to know and form their awareness that there are a case like this and they have to be carefull and keep alert with their child safety, but in any other side this tragedy raise people fears, and raise the possibility that this case will happen again. The most and important thing to do is media should filter their information first before it gets release and they should be on netral position (many news agency in my country is owned by politician, I'm afraid that't they will used it to their own benefit) and government should do some repair or amandment about pers rules (I took Broadcast Media Course on the previous semester, and it made me review and discuss about the rules that shoul be move or amandment or even added some rules cause some of it are didn't fit with current development anymore).
Eventhough this is just based on my own asssumption, but it isn't only me who have a thougt like this.