MASS MEDIA’S ROLE AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ON
child abuse IN THE PHILIPPINES
Child abuse – by looking and meditating upon these two words, gives most people
a vision of the faults and blunders of Philippine society. By citing a common illustration,
the notorious Leo Echegaray was proven to have raped his daughter five years ago.
Undergoing controversial bills and laws and several, strenuous court trials, the affirmed
criminal was utterly sentenced to death through the dreaded lethal injection in which
according to the lower house was the most humane way of execution. Child
mistreatment is one of the most common crimes committed by Filipinos in the present
and is rapidly increasing. One can find vital statistics to certain crimes at the Bantay Bata
163 website (http://www.abs-cbn.com/bantaybata163).
According to the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), 3,359 cases of child abuse were reported for
the year of 1996 alone. Child rape, which consists of 43% of such cases, ranks high in
the social welfare statistics. Incest or invalid affection to certain members of the family,
ranks second in the records of DSWD. Correspondingly, the formidable crime of child
prostitution ranks third with 406 cases or 16%. Indeed, the government and certain non-
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government organizations must deal with these incidents of child abuse particularly the
mass media.
The mass media as referred to above, acts as the core and essence of the Filipino
people’s society in the twentieth century. Acting as an ombudsman in politics, the mass
media, which includes television, radio, newspapers or periodicals and even the Internet,
refutes errors of the government both grave and insignificant. Efficiency of mass media
gives way to cool entertainment, colorful advertising, and even productive crime solving.
In the Philippine society, the mass media acts as an ultimate weapon against graft and
corruption thus giving it influencing power over the government. A good illustration is
the construction of certain fly-overs, bridges, and the expeditious Light Rail Transit was
the work of the mass media by reason of they render traffic reports and tease individual
politicians with their performance. At the same time, media pumps clever ideas in the
people’s petite minds giving them brilliant concepts on critical subject matters especially
children. Mass media, exceptionally the television, ingeniously shows programs to
children with a mix of current events. Such examples include Batibot, a morning show
that emphasizes children to learn current events, mathematics, reading and writing and
practice love of country and love of God. ATBP a fairly competitive clone to Batibot
exercises the same programs yet it combines learning by adding colorful multimedia
computer effects for adequate teaching capabilities. Seeing that kids idolize the
television more and since the Philippines is known for students excelling in science and
technology, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports formed a contract with
broadcasting owners to have a show known as the Sineskwela. The television program is
being used to teach kids science and technology at its very best. Indeed, mass media
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seems to be a very brilliant source of ideas and knowledge yet it can also be a destructive
and obliterating force in which people are influenced to commit crimes and unpleasant
deeds. Way back in 1994, an unforgettable television commercial can be recalled: a rope
tied into a knot visualizing a sorrowful television viewer to “kick the bucket” or
assimilate suicidal tendencies to be fed to his pathetic mind. Yet the advertisement
exhibits that using drugs is like committing suicide – a good illustration for the youth.
Notwithstanding, it can be an inadvisable representation to the depressed. The media
sensibly uses such ideas but never thinks of the side effects of such depictions. Illicit
magazines and tabloids as an addition, are one of the few origins of sexual crimes. As a
personal illustration, this certain classmate of mine last semester even has a collection of
these daily tabloids due to the fact that he follows a libidinous and sensual storyline of a
young teenage girl who had illicit sexual relationships with fellow teenagers and dirty old
men. The world of fashion can be a derivation of trends and informal clothes and
hairstyles. Likewise, it can also be a source of sexual misdeeds. Pamela Anderson,
Cindy Crawford, Alicia Silverstone and Jenny McCarthy are examples of the elite
supermodels of the world. Furthermore they are also considered the objects of sexual
pleasure of sexually excited men who are mostly television viewers. Truly, mass media
is a ruinous trigger to child molestation. Most cases of child abuse emanate from the
slums – the core of Philippine poverty in which shanties or “barong-barongs” become the
place of such offenses. Carelessly architectured houses tend to be the main sites,
focusing mainly on the bathroom with holed galvanized iron walls. Through it, men have
a carnal peek on ladies (or even kid’s) bodies taking a bath. In the ghettos particularly in
Manila, incest ranks high to those people with unethical attributes. It is common
nowadays to see such crimes in the headlines of newspapers and tabloids.
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Aforementioned above are the problems or predicaments destroying today’s
society. As the days of our lives pass, every complex problem gets solved. In a
democratic country, solutions must be in approval with the people’s affirmation. Thus
forming a solution is like building a tall skyscraper with a limited supply of bricks,
stones, and cement. Through long tiring sessions and debates in the country’s congress,
the Lower House finally sought to approve death penalty due to the rising crime rate and
the necessity for capital punishment is inevitably needed. Death penalty, which was
abolished during the Aquino administration due to the plea of human right officials, was
returned because of the reasons mentioned above. As a plea to the congress, the human
right protesters demanded a more humane way of execution. Much debate was done for
this act and through several arguments of warring political parties, the government
decided to have executions by lethal injection. Leo Echegaray who was mentioned
earlier was the guinea pig for the newly passed bill. Several conclaves including the
Roman Catholic Church supported the Pro-life crowd. According to them it is only God
who can take away the life of a man. The president remained steadfast with his stand and
their supplications were utterly discarded. Like the president, Pro-death groups who are
composed of people want justice to prevail and are insisting death penalty be released on
sinister criminals. Now that Echegaray was executed, would death penalty be a solution
to child abuse?
Most people would answer positively to the question declared above. Yet there
can be plenty of ways to prevent child abuse. Industrialization of the country as an
example would insure reduction of crime rate of the country. As social theory states,
people in the ghettos are mostly jobless or unemployed thus causing them to rape young
children particularly their own kids. Through automation of the Philippine industry,
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unemployment would be canceled out and lessen the incidents of child molestation and
several child defilement cases. Anti-crime groups, which include the minute barangays,
can also be a stronghold to fight violence against children. Rigid roundups and patrols
are needed to suppress would-be criminals. Sport complexes and livelihood projects
must be built in order for people not to be idle and passive but to be active and
productive. Idleness as psychological statistics imply is the main root of intimate child
abuses and must be eliminated to halt filthy imaginations. Parental guidance, which can
be very vital to a child’s growing years, must be properly rendered and applied. As an
example, a mother pretends not to see the wails of her child as her baneful husband rapes
his stepdaughter due to shame and livelihood. Through parental guidance, one must give
proper discipline to a child in order for the kid to grow with a sound mind and a healthy
past.
The mass media of course is the primary solution to these problems. Mass media
is the undisputed idol of the people and tend to do what it voices out. Since they have the
power to show illicit films and negative clippings, they must have also the power to
produce penetrating morals to people’s minds. The abolishment of illicit tabloids is a
must for sexual abusers. Discreet discourse on the Philippine movies can also be an
ingredient to proper discipline in the homes of particular people. Likewise, violence and
total nonsense in the Philippine movies and theatre must be minimized. Such solutions
are very simple and through it, peace and harmony would be considered superior.
