As I was looking for an article to discuss for this week, I stumbled upon a very interesting site. The site title is, "<CrimeLibrary> Criminal Minds & Methods." On this site there is an entire section devoted to "Kids Who Kill." The section is divided into a part one and a part two, both having over 8 chapters of information and analysis.
This is absolutely crazy to me! I honestly can't believe that not only has there been so many children that have killed people, but there has been so much research and reporting done on this subject. In my mind and from the way that I grew up, children are always regarded as the most innocent beings and that they are good not evil. I mean growing up I had young cousins, so I know that kids are bad, but I'm talking about children being evil as in killing people, in my view I honestly never thought that kids were actually capable of making the decision to kill someone.
The one section names some of the top kids that have killed and what exactly happened, along with the case and then goes on to talk about the different types of killers and then explains each; types of conduct disorders that occur in children; whether TV has an effect on children when it comes to violence and killing; the different reasoning for kids to kill; the signs of dangers; and then goes on to discuss more famous kid killers.
The second section is titled "School Killers," and highlights the top school kid school killers; interviews with the kids who are mentally-disturbed; and about the media and their effect on this subject.
The last part of the second section will be the topic in my next blog post which is a continuance of this post.
Until then, take a look at these two articles and look them over. The content within them is fascinating but also extremely disturbing. But, in order to completely understand this topic it would be a good idea to take a look at the page. There are two parts, Part One & Part Two.
Ending Note: The reason that I have chosen to break this topic up into two posts is because this post is about what the articles actually are as well as what they are about and the next post, which is a continuance of this topic, is a specified look at the media portion as highlighted in the article.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Typical Child Coverage
The stories that can be typically seen dealing with children is about a person doing something to a child, such as child predators or child abuse. Those stories are not the ones I will be focusing on. The other stories have the predator or the abuser has the main person and focus of the article, I however want to look at articles in which the child is the main focus of the article.
I have made this decision because I want to focus on how children themselves are portrayed in the media, not the people who are doing things towards children. For instance, I know that I will be analyzing a story about a child killing someone. I want to really analyze how the child is being portrayed.
By looking in-depth at articles that concern mostly the child, I will be able to make an accurate, and educated claim about how children are overall portrayed in all media platforms, whether print, online, or any other form.
The stories that I will discuss may not be stories that people want to hear about again and everyone may not like some of the things that I will be saying since it is a child, but my point is to try and show how exactly children are portrayed and that is going to take a lot of digging. A lot of digging that will make me read stories that I may not want to read but I will because this is a subject that truly interests me in so many ways.
Check back to see my first analysis of a child focused story!
---Bri
I have made this decision because I want to focus on how children themselves are portrayed in the media, not the people who are doing things towards children. For instance, I know that I will be analyzing a story about a child killing someone. I want to really analyze how the child is being portrayed.
By looking in-depth at articles that concern mostly the child, I will be able to make an accurate, and educated claim about how children are overall portrayed in all media platforms, whether print, online, or any other form.
The stories that I will discuss may not be stories that people want to hear about again and everyone may not like some of the things that I will be saying since it is a child, but my point is to try and show how exactly children are portrayed and that is going to take a lot of digging. A lot of digging that will make me read stories that I may not want to read but I will because this is a subject that truly interests me in so many ways.
Check back to see my first analysis of a child focused story!
---Bri
New Vision
The aspect that I was trying for with this blog simply will not work for this blog, therefore, each week I will be discussing a different article about a child or children and how from a PR standpoint the situation was handled. I will also be discussing the overall theme of how children are portrayed in the media.
From taking several news writing courses, including a news ethics course, I know that children are a subject that have not only laws governing what information can be used, but also a subject that are ethically supposed to be reported on in a limited and sensitive manner.
Therefore, as I stated above, each week I will look at a different article regarding children in particular in a variety of sources. The sources will range from different newspapers, to different websites, to different organizations, etc.
I feel that approaching the subject of how children are portrayed in the media from this specific means of research will better suit this blog and this course.
Check back for more information on this fascinating subject!!!
---Bri
From taking several news writing courses, including a news ethics course, I know that children are a subject that have not only laws governing what information can be used, but also a subject that are ethically supposed to be reported on in a limited and sensitive manner.
Therefore, as I stated above, each week I will look at a different article regarding children in particular in a variety of sources. The sources will range from different newspapers, to different websites, to different organizations, etc.
I feel that approaching the subject of how children are portrayed in the media from this specific means of research will better suit this blog and this course.
Check back for more information on this fascinating subject!!!
---Bri
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