The Risk Paradigm and the Media in Child Protection

2017 ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Liz Beddoe ◽  
Viviene Cree
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Protection of Children in Difficulty in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Fang Zhao ◽  
Ning Zhu ◽  
Juha Hämäläinen
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Child Protection Services ◽  
The Media ◽  
Professional Systems ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study investigated the resilience of the Chinese child protection system in responding to the special needs of children in difficulty under the specific circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study applied qualitative document analysis of child protection administrative documents, in-depth interviews with 13 child protection professionals, and an in-depth case study of 14 children living in difficulty, complemented by relevant information available in the media. The results indicate that there are good policies in China’s child protection services but the organizational and functional fragmentation complicates implementation, suggesting a need for the development of bottom-up practices. The essential conclusion supported by these results is that the child protection system should be regarded and developed as a systematic project combining the legal, policymaking, and professional systems of child welfare services as well as governmental and non-governmental forces. As the COVID-19 pandemic has raised awareness of the need to develop the field of child protection holistically as an integrated system in terms of social sustainability in China, an international literature-based comparison indicates that the pandemic has also raised similar political awareness in other countries.

scholarly journals The Protection of Minors Against Harmful Media Content in Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Christian Büttner
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Media Content ◽  
European Level ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Youth Media ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
European Youth

Abstract Reaching agreement on child protection and the media at a joint European level is a difficult process, as national differences regarding film classifications would appear to be too great. On the basis of interviews conducted with leading classifiers in Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, France, Portugal, Spain and Ireland, the considerable differences in the rationales behind the respective national classification concepts are examined in terms of how children and adolescents in Europe are granted autonomy and responsibility, and what role parents play in this. The basic plea is for more attention to be given to the intercultural dimensions of the relationship between children, adolescents and adults in further work to develop a European youth media protection act.

Errors and mistakes in child protection: an unspoken issue in Italy?

2020 ◽  
pp. 215-234
Author(s):  
Teresa Bertotti
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Domestic Literature ◽  
Italian Child ◽  
Public Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
Definition Of

The issue of errors and mistakes in child protection is very rarely addressed explicitly in Italy There have been few public scandals of unprotected children or situations ‘denounced’ to the media by parents or families who felt to be victims of injustice or abusive practice. Unlike Anglophone countries, the Italian child protection system is not used to have enquiries on fatal cases nor in cases where conflicting interest arises, as divorce cases. Some reasons for this could be found in the ambiguity of the child protection system in itself (swinging from a narrow forensic child protection approach to a family support approach), or in the cultural attitude to keep hidden the recognition of errors. Following this discussion, the chapter presents an overview of existing domestic literature and research. It briefly traces the main elements of the Italian child protection system, with its changes from a paternalistic/specialised approach to a neoliberal and ‘familistic’ asset focusing on its fragmentation, ambiguity and unclear definition of responsibilities. It outlines the places where different discourses on errors and mistakes in child protection appear, (considering the public media, court proceedings and professional reflections, and how they have changed in the time. It describes the strategies adopted to deal (or to prevent) errors, drawing on results from qualitative research on how social workers deal with ‘difficult decisions’ and ethical and considering professional and institutional guidelines.

Journalists as agents and language as an instrument of social control: A child protection case study

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Goddard ◽  
Bernadette Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Court Case ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years there has been considerable analysis of how the media create images of crime. The relationship between child abuse and the media has also been subject to greater scrutiny. This article examines the role of one newspaper in a child protection case. The part played by the newspaper in the court case led to an examination of the language used by the media in their representations of children. The researchers found that a child may be objectified in language even when the child’s gender is previously identified. The ‘gender slippage’ may in extreme cases lead to the ‘textual abuse’ of children, where child abuse is rewritten to lessen the impact on the reader. The authors conclude that the actions of journalists and the language they use require more critical analysis.

scholarly journals Protection of minors in the European digital audiovisual context: a necessary dialogue between parents, academy, regulators and industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
Aurora Labio-Bernal ◽  
Lorena R. Romero-Domínguez ◽  
María José García-Orta
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Video On Demand ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Communication Policies

This paper represents the initial phase of a larger project being developed by the “Media, communication policy and democracy in the European Union” research group, which is currently working on the study “Communication policies, SVOD platforms and values education for minors in the single digital market (2020-2022)”. We wish to pursue in this study that, beyond technological considerations, it is necessary to expand the scope of child protection by establishing mutual collaboration between regulators, distributors and video on demand services, as well as consumers and parents’ organisations, in an effort to further enhance cooperation and mutual understanding (European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services, 2017b, p. 75). It is for this reason that we believe that the academic sphere can also be invited into this wide-ranging discussion on child protection to contribute reflections on a key aspect: audiovisual and media education, an essential pillar of protection in addition to filters, external limits, and electronic labelling. We thus uphold a vision that not only considers the “digital stuff” but also highlights the need for “ethos stuff” (Goggin, 2008, p.89). In this respect, we have considered it essential a literature review on the concept of media literacy. Secondly, our qualitative methodology involves an analysis of the instructions issued by the European Union and their implementation in Spain. In this stage, we have conducted desk research based on a narrative analysis of the documents and programs of different institutions in order to chart the evolution of the question in recent years, at a time when the digital environment has changed more quickly than ever before. This same type of analysis is also conducted on the initiatives of European and Spanish companies to determine whether they are implementing child protection strategies.

Child Protection and Development in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-79
Author(s):  
Stellamaris Ngozi Okpara
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Rights Issues

It is unarguably true that one of the social institutions from which children need protection is the media. This is because some media content violates and poses a harmful influence on their development. The media has been accused of being weak in protecting the rights of Nigerian children from the standpoint of the content it disseminates. This chapter focuses on the power of the media to advocate for the child's rights and shape the childhood process through its content. The study discovered that media outlets are not predisposed to reporting issues regarding child rights but rather place more attention on entertainment programmes that attract big sponsors. The study recommends that media content should focus on promoting child rights issues in Nigeria.

Family, Courts and Media Discourses: The Contested Spaces of Time, and the Politics of the Protection of Children

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 142-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela D. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Contested Spaces ◽  
Family Courts ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Media Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Insight Into

This article, which is built on media discourse analysis, provides an insight into how public opinion on the work of courts has developed into a discourse of disapproval. The discourse of time is often used to evaluate the work of courts and tends to meet with disapproval when related to sentencing and when the Family Court fails to deliver equal parental access to children. The Family Court is also the subject of discourses of fear within the media, with stories often focusing on child abuse and horror stories of neglect designed to attract and recruit an audience to media outlets. In addition, the discourses facing the Family Court are now firmly tied to time as a major aspect of decision-making. Because of this contested view, child protection may be reduced to a secondary perspective. This paper recommends a change to discourses surrounding courts by all parties in order to facilitate better understanding.

scholarly journals The prevention of child trafficking crimes and its legal reform

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 00033
Author(s):  
Nanci Yosepin Simbolon ◽  
Madyasah Ablisar
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Child Trafficking ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
The Media ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Trafficking Victims ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Protection Commission

The news about human trafficking especially children in Indonesia is increasing both domestically and across borders. The crime also includes in the form of labor smuggling, immigrant smuggling, slave trade, women and children. One of the most serious and very complex issues is the impact it has on and directly related to the child’s fate. In 2016, the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection reported, there were 943 victims of human trafficking reported in 65 the media. Separately, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission officially identifies 307 child trafficking victims. It remains unclear whether these two processes lead to an investigation or provision of protection to victims. This research uses normative research method to find out the prevention of child trafficking crime and form of legal renewal about child trafficking. This study states that the prevention of child trafficking victims is by prevention, prosecution to traffickers, and protection measures against victims. In addition, there needs to be a renewal of criminal law which should also focus on the protection of victims of trafficking in persons so as to provide opportunities for victims to gain their rights.

scholarly journals CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSES: NO EASY CHOICES

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Optimal Outcomes ◽  
Need Of Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
The Media

This is a comment on the article by Stephen Gay in this volume entitled ‘The Choice Between Adoption and Foster Care as Child Protection Responses’. It strongly supports the conclusion drawn in the primary article that a ‘blanket approach to adoption’ is unlikely to result in the best outcomes for all children in need of care. This response is based on the author’s reflections and observations of the delivery of ‘out of home care’ services over many years as a social worker with an interest in child development. It reflects on the simplistic attitudes expressed in the media and by the public in general when children have been removed and are negatively affected by their experiences in care, as well as when they are not removed and have sustained injury or death at the hands of those who are charged with their care. The article argues that the likelihood of achieving optimal outcomes in child protection  is often compromised and concludes that it is time that Australia stepped up to the challenge of establishing creative and innovative options for children in need of care. 

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