CLAIM: New media is very important to assist the fight against child abuse. With the use of new media people can acquire help world-wide. Also it’s a fast and easy way for the organizations to inform people about what they do and how they can help.
There are four types of child abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Millions of children everyday may suffer one or more types of this abuse in their household or in other facilities. Not too many people know much information about the types of abuse. But with the help of new media they can be exposed to different resources and information. The video below was made to raise awareness about children. Within 4 minutes the creator of this video was able to provide a full explanation about child abuse, the statistics for child abuse, and describe the types of child abuse.
Organizations like: Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey, not only use blogging as a resourceful tool to help children in New Jersey who are suffering from abuse; but, they also use Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to educate people about the abuse occuring in their communities. (Below is the Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey site that links people to their Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts)
http://www.preventchildabusenj.org/blog/tag/social-media/
