Topic

How Media Handles Issue of Child Abuse and Negligence

Instructions

Media Investigation: How is child abuse and neglect handled by the media? What is the point of view?
Collect at least 5 examples of child abuse or neglect covered in the media (5 points). This can be in the
form of newspaper or magazine articles, music, movies, court cases, poetry, etc. Interpret these media
examples using information from the Crosson-Tower text (10 points) and write a 5 page paper plus
references (2 points) and cover page. Your paper should demonstrate college level writing and APA
format (3 points) for in-text citations and reference page. (25 points)
5 examples of child abuse or neglect this mean 5 cases.
Use this case or any other that you can find about other cases in Saudi Arabia.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-preacher-who-raped-and-tortured-
his-five-year-old-daughter-to-death-is-released-after-paying-8480440.html

Answer preview

According to Crosson-Tower, the media has the power to play the role of being advocates to the public demands as far as enactment and implementation of laws government child negligence or abuse is concerned. Enactment and implementation highly constraining legal provisions can play a major role in preventing and controlling cases of children abuse and negligence. For example, Saudi Arabia is one of the countries with leading cases of child abuse and neglecting (AsiaNews C.F., 2016). As presented in the AsiaNews C.F. report, 80% of children in the country have been subjects of abuse once or several times in their lives. Astonishingly, such cases have escalated even when Saudi Arabia is known for highly restrictive Islamic Laws and Wahhabi morals implicating death as punishment for such related crimes.

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