Views exchange meeting on child rights held

Communication experts and academics on Monday sought the mainstream media to take an extra caution in covering issues involving children, reports BSS.
“We (media) often care little about the extent and content of issues in covering child issues, in many cases we overplay issues due to lack of sense of judgment,” Chief Information Commissioner Professor Golam Rahman told an opinion exchange meeting on media role in protecting child rights. A prominent communicologist by background, Rahman said such phenomenon often could be disastrous.
Chief Editor and Managing Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Abul Kalam Azad chaired the interaction titled “Media policy in protecting child rights” when associate professor of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University Dr Rubayet Ferdous presented the keynote paper.
Azad said all media might have their own plans and policies in covering child issues “but every newsman must have his or her own of responsibility in disseminating information involving children”. “In view of the necessity of time, policymakers in media have set their principles on different issues, a holistic principle on media role over child issues could benefit them all,” he said.

Views exchange meeting on child rights held

Communication experts and academics on Monday sought the mainstream media to take an extra caution in covering issues involving children, reports BSS. We (media) often care little about the extent and content of issues in covering child issues, in many cases we overplay issues due to lack of sense of judgment, Chief Information Commissioner Professor Golam Rahman told an opinion exchange meeting on media role in protecting child rights. A prominent communicologist by background, Rahman said such phenomenon often could be disastrous. Chief Editor and Managing Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Abul Kalam Azad chaired the interaction titled Media policy in protecting child rights when associate professor of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University Dr Rubayet Ferdous presented the keynote paper. Azad said all media might have their own plans and policies in covering child issues but every newsman must have his or her own of responsibility in disseminating information involving children. In view of the necessity of time, policymakers in media have set their principles on different issues, a holistic principle on media role over child issues could benefit them all, he said.