News And Social Media Connections - Report Example

Media Kit Name: Institutional Affiliation: MEDIA KIT KEY MEDIA CONTACTS 1. FACEBOOK Facebook has the most users in the world with children over 13 years able to create an account. It’s therefore a vital tool especially to the youths who undergo domestic violence, as they can get enough information on how to react to violence. Children can also expose their abusive parents through the specific Facebook pages created by the Catholic care. Facebook also allows formation of closed groups where only members access information shared there. 2. TWITTER Twitter allows discussion of a certain topic through the harsh tag (#). Those affected by domestic violence can follow such trending topics and in this case, #DomesticViolence. This can get them ready information they need and also gives them a platform to come out and report different domestic violence cases. 3. LINKED-IN This will mostly benefit professionals with linked in accounts. Users from different careers undergo Domestic violence in silence. This can help them come out and report their cases. Linked in enables people with common interests to link up, hence can help those who undergo domestic Violence. 4. TUMBLR Tumbrl mostly involves photos with captions and allows users to subscribe to various tabs. Links are easily shared among the subscribed tabs. It’s therefore easy to spread links containing domestic violence messages easily through this media outlet. 5. WORD PRESS Word press allows writing of long articles with photos to illustrate or emphasize. It also allows sharing of links leading to the article to other social media outlets such as twitter and Facebook. It’s vital when the articles from the catholic care are long and contain a lot of photos. Articles on how to deal with domestic violence can be easily shared to other social media platforms after being posted on this site. 6. BLOGSPOT BlogSpot is like word press but more advantaged, in that it’s owned by Google. It’s therefore easier to find an article posted on BlogSpot when you Google search its keywords on the web. By searching the keywords such as Domestic violence, one can easily find the BlogSpot link with the preferred information. 7. PINTREST Pintrest allows posting of attractive and eye-catching visuals. It also allows sharing of the visuals amongst those using the platform through Re-pin. It can therefore be used to advertise the initiative and help bring out many people going through domestic violence. 8. YOUTUBE Youtube is a site where one can upload videos about any subject. Catholic care can upload videos on Domestic violence and those of workshops discussing the subject. The affected parties can anonymously post their comments after watching the videos without fear of being known. 9. STORIFY This is a site where users can create stories from other social media. This can be used to gather information on the main subject (domestic violence) from one site. Feedback from different platforms such as twitter and Facebook can be easily accessed through storify instead of going through each. 10. INSTAGRAM Instagram allows users to post pictures and short videos of different subjects. Like on twitter, it’s possible to discuss one subject through the harsh tag (#). The subject #DomesticViolence can therefore be discussed by the users. Pictures with the upcoming parental workshops of guidance and counseling can be posted on this site for all to see MEDIA BACKGROUND The parent line (NSW) service is an initiative introduced by the Catholic Care in Sydney. Catholic care deals with domestic violence. It was introduced in the beginning of the year 2015 to try and spread the Catholic care’s services to more people [Cat15]. The catholic care is an initiative by the Catholic churches in Sydney to try and help those affected by Domestic Violence in the country. It organizes seminars and creates awareness to persuade those suffering domestic violence to report and get free assistance from them. The people affected by domestic violence include children, women and single fathers. Children, for instance are affected socially, emotionally and also academically by family violence. The catholic care has taken the initiative of offering guidance and counseling to such children. The children are therefore helped to reshape their life [Cat15]. Women undergoing family violence are also counseled and taught how to communicate effectively with their spouses. Men who father children in the same-sex families also undergo counseling on how to control their emotions and deal with their children. The counselor first listens to the claims made by the affected parties, assess their situation, consult then give the best advice to the parties. Parents are advised on how to deal with various behaviors in their children. Children are also informed and advised on how to live with their abusive parents. In extreme cases, children are taken away from their parents to live in the Catholic Care rehabs [Cat15]. The Catholic Care has embarked on the social media to make their campaign more effective. Their press releases are now posted on various social media platforms such as Facebook and twitter. This enables more people to view their work and creates more awareness of the campaign [Cat15]. Topics are introduced as trends on the social media platforms and the general public are able to give their views irrespective of their location. The views are then analyzed and the necessary measures taken. Nichola Marsonet, from the Parent Line leads the discussion to evaluate and seek solutions on the impact of domestic violence among people. This is done by the catholic people in their respective parish. The Catholic care Sydney has a twitter account (@catholicCaresyd). This account tweets to juveniles, informing them of where help can be sought in case one is stranded in between domestic violence and is looking for a place to run to. The tweets are just about the Catholic care provisions, which include free transport and a safe place to stay. This is very important as most young children going through domestic violence are disoriented and suffer in secret, not knowing where to seek help [Cat15]. Some tweets are directed to the parents. They inform parents of incoming family discussions on family violence and persuade them to attend. The tweets also give links to related cases to enable ease access of the related information that parents need. Some tweets simply expound and explain the Catholic Care Sydney’s goal, which is to bring back together and reconcile broken families. They focus and emphasize on the importance of building good relationships between the parents and the children in a family. This also takes care of the children separated from their parents as a result of domestic violence. The tweets provide a direct contact to access direct services involving the particular matter. FACT SHEET In the first 6 weeks of January, the Catholic Care Sidney’s Telephone service, the Parent Line NSW recorded a three hundred percent increase in the total number of calls from families experiencing domestic violence compared to the same period in the year 2014 [Cat15]. Children are the most affected by Domestic violence in Sydney. Nichola Marsonet heads the Parent Line. Nichola Marsonet leads the Domestic Violence awareness campaigns in the parish level in Sydney. The Catholic Care Sidney uses social media to reach out to the many individuals affected by domestic violence. Facebook and Twitter are the most preferred social media platforms used. The Catholic Care Sidney twitter handle is @CatholicCaresyd The Catholic Care Sidney twitter handle tweets information regarding child rescue, parenting and parent workshops available and the Catholic Care Sidney’s goal, which is to bring together broken families. The Catholic Care Sidney uses harsh tags such as #DomesticViolence in their social media campaigns and discussions. PART B The Catholic Church being an international denomination with its parishes covering a large geographical area has helped bring help to a large number of people in the country. Highly considering that existing support services played their part, CatholicCare Sydney has brought home comfort and consolation to the downtrodden, burdened at heart and those in thirst for a homely environment [Cat15]. With the children in mind, those exposed to violence and numerous challenges, counseling parents and informing them on the adverse effects caused in their children in the face of domestic violence brings about protection of a generation. A generation if not protected will give reflex actions with great negative impact to subjects. For instance, children who’ve seen parents fight and even end up separating will have trust issues and could enclose themselves out of the society. Moreover, the counseling helps reduce the number of unstable and victimized families. On realizing that this is a problem with many in the society, a victim of domestic violence would feel comfortable to share their problem. With the high increase of domestic violence convectional events regarding domestic violence are playing a big role in the fight against domestic violence. A counselor being able to predict potential violence brings closure to most of these cases or rather neutralizes the situation [Cat15]. Counselors are playing a big role in helping children and members of such families get back to stability also helping settle emotional conflict within the subject. This assists the victims have stable social lives without constrains of self-condemnation. Bringing awareness to violent stricken families that there are support services has greatly helped family members to open up and share their problems and therefore getting help. With the statistics of calls on counseling services going up the Parent Line initiative by CatholicCare Sydney has helped victims of such families find solace and stay hopeful in the assurance of getting helped [Cat15]. With reference to a question by CatholicCare Sydney on Facebook and on twitter to its congregation, “How does domestic violence affect people in your parish?” helps victim of domestic violence in the congregation feel free to attend convectional events on domestic violence to get help [Cat15]. The compassion from a society to a victim would help them feel accepted rather than an unlucky or wanted person. The convectional events help to provide approach to coming up with policies on domestic violence and guidance on how to end domestic violence [Cat15]. “We believe in building strong relationships between children and parents, even if they are separated”- tweet from CatholicCare Sydney [Cat15]. The policy of building positive relationships unites and brings the society peace. When peace and friendships prevails families come into terms and rebind. CatholicCare Sydney choosing to reach out to people through social networking sites is the great path to reach out to the greater number [Cat15]. This motivates more to join the Parent Line initiative to conquer domestic violence. Embracing technology and using it appropriately is a good way of leading the path for a society that has been flooded with immoral sites on social networks. Social media has become a meeting and courting site for many. Bringing parental dimensions to the same site helps people consider such dimensions as they start families. Guiding future parents offers a great opportunity to conquering domestic violence. The number of adults who use social media has risen steadily. At least 80% of adults between 18 and 29 use social media to network. A significant number of those over 30 also use social media [Pew15]. A vast number of teenagers almost live on social networking sites. If relevant information related to family violence and parental care is given, then a large number and appropriate age groups would be reached [Pew15].With the rise of teenage parents, social media is probably the best platform to reach out to this group of parents especially for the respective dimensions of parenting and developing trends of parenting. Recognizing that domestic violence has become a issue to the society helps victims not to hide in shame and rather get help that they regain normalcy. “Family violence is an entrenched epidemic that we’ve lived with since time began, so we’ve got a long way to go. But I do believe the tide is turned. It’s no longer a subject that only occurs behind closed doors” [Cat15].Family violence becomes a serious issue especially when people succumb to it. The seriously hit persons are women and children since women present themselves as sacrificial lambs while children become weapons over which a couple would wrangle about. Children either end up in foster homes or under custody of a distressed single parent or family [Cat15]. Due to the rise of homicides that are domestic related, there is need to take action on domestic violence. Many believe it is the duty of a woman to stay in a violent relationship to put the family together. Creating awareness that it is ones right to stay in a peaceful home without being exposed to violence is very crucial. The Parent Line initiative provides this platform. CatholicCare embracing change and responsibility through this initiative helps bring normalcy back to the society. Stereotypical upheavals shunned and social desolation to victims of domestic violence goes down with the awareness of their situations [Cat15]. CatholicCare has brought an initiative that binds the society to social responsibility and emotional care accorded to victims of domestic violence. References Cat15: , (CatholicCare Sydney, 2015), Pew15: , (Pew Research Center, 2015), Read More