Let me being with the definitions of the key words of the statement. Social justice refers to the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society and modern media here refers largely to the internet. I agree with the statement that the problem with modern media is they do not have a sense of social justice.
The internet is now an efficient tool for the release of information. Unfortunately, there have been cases of which wrong information has been disseminated and wronging the innocent party or the case of information being exaggerated. One example is the incident of ‘CNN debunks false report about Obama’. Insight Magazine, owned by the same company as The Washington Times, reported on its web in January that associates of Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton, D-New York had unearthed information the Illinois Democrat and likely presidential candidate attended a Muslim religious school known for teaching the most fundamentalist form of Islam. When CNN reporter visited the Indonesian school in question, there was no radicalism to be seen.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/
Even idol wannabes got caught in this terrible mess and became a victim of the internet. Sanjaya, American Idol Season 6 contestant was under the limelight, perhaps, for the wrong reason. Concerns were being raised about how this skinny teenager with the thin voice and lavish smile become an ‘American Idol’ favourite? Not just hanging on week after week, but with enough juice to maybe win the whole thing, the brass ring, the jackpot, the dream? Celebrities are already clinging on to their dear precious reputation, but now even celebrities-to be are experiencing it way before they are star. So is the internet injustice to make them suffer this early?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/18/apontv.thesanjayamystery.ap/index.html
The last example is about an inaccurate report which sparks fears that China plans to create a set of Chinese-language domain names as part of a bid to split China off from the internet. However, no major changes are planned for how China administers the internet. In a similar incident, Chinese search engine Baidu.com was exaggerating its search power by providing false search results to users by 10-30 times of the actual figures.
Sources: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/02/76024_HNchinasplitnet_1.html
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2006/12/06/4691-baidu-accused-of-publishing-false-search-data/
Therefore we can see that modern media do not have a sense of social justice as proper information has not been disseminated to the general public. We must thus be aware of the information we obtained from the media and do not quote them blindly.
The internet is now an efficient tool for the release of information. Unfortunately, there have been cases of which wrong information has been disseminated and wronging the innocent party or the case of information being exaggerated. One example is the incident of ‘CNN debunks false report about Obama’. Insight Magazine, owned by the same company as The Washington Times, reported on its web in January that associates of Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton, D-New York had unearthed information the Illinois Democrat and likely presidential candidate attended a Muslim religious school known for teaching the most fundamentalist form of Islam. When CNN reporter visited the Indonesian school in question, there was no radicalism to be seen.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/
Even idol wannabes got caught in this terrible mess and became a victim of the internet. Sanjaya, American Idol Season 6 contestant was under the limelight, perhaps, for the wrong reason. Concerns were being raised about how this skinny teenager with the thin voice and lavish smile become an ‘American Idol’ favourite? Not just hanging on week after week, but with enough juice to maybe win the whole thing, the brass ring, the jackpot, the dream? Celebrities are already clinging on to their dear precious reputation, but now even celebrities-to be are experiencing it way before they are star. So is the internet injustice to make them suffer this early?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/18/apontv.thesanjayamystery.ap/index.html
The last example is about an inaccurate report which sparks fears that China plans to create a set of Chinese-language domain names as part of a bid to split China off from the internet. However, no major changes are planned for how China administers the internet. In a similar incident, Chinese search engine Baidu.com was exaggerating its search power by providing false search results to users by 10-30 times of the actual figures.
Sources: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/02/76024_HNchinasplitnet_1.html
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2006/12/06/4691-baidu-accused-of-publishing-false-search-data/
Therefore we can see that modern media do not have a sense of social justice as proper information has not been disseminated to the general public. We must thus be aware of the information we obtained from the media and do not quote them blindly.
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