Domestic and sexual violence, youth and media reporting in Papua New Guinea
Br Michael McManus fms
Abstract
This paper has come from research into the impact of domestic violence on the lives of students at Divine Word University (DWU), Madang, Papua New Guinea. The main instrument employed for this research was a student survey which attempted to find out their perceptions of the causes and effects of domestic violence, as well as their views on the role of the media in dealing with the issue. There has been an increase in the number of stories published in the media, but it was noted that journalists are generally reporting the events without tackling the more difficult task of analysing them. It is recommended that there should be further training of media personnel on the subject of reporting violence, so that they can contribute more effectively to the community’s understanding of the problem. Then, instead of merely reporting acts of violence, they can more proactively reflect and even influence community attitudes on this subject.
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