Media Assignment 2 keiko

Military use of children should be abandon forever in the world, since children are used in roles such as porters, spies, and sexual slave. From this passage, the author works for BBC News. Thus, I don’t think that any bias is included in this specific passage. Moreover, BBC is known worldwide for news. Obviously, the purpose of this passage is to notify the readers about the seriousness of child soldiers in Burma.

The UN is working on soldiers. What I mean is that the UN is working to get child soldiers safely back to their home. Between 2002 and 2007, around 700 children have been returned to their homes. Moreover, public rights groups have been accusing Burma for using child soldiers. Therefore, I think not only the public, but also other countries are doing a well job on the gravity of child soldiers. However, child soldiering is not something that will withdraw in a decade. With all the groups and countries helping, HRW (Human Rights Watch) has estimated the number of child soldier in Burma to still be as high as 70,000. Also, the Burma military was accused last year for using child soldiers. The passage says “…young children were being beaten or threatened to make them enlist. Brokers were also being paid to provide child recruits.” "I learnt from the mothers that this sergeant routinely comes to the market and takes the kids away," he said. “He pays the market security money to get kids for him." (BBC). The media form is a newspaper article on the internet. I personally think that by reading, the audience can imagine and feel the words. The diction used in the article can make the readers understand the topic more clearly. Therefore, reading affects the thoughts of the readers. As for myself, reading about human soldiers, I did not know the gravity of child soldiers until reading these articles. However, I hope to learn more in depth of child soldiers.

"Burma 'acting on child soldiers' ." BCC News 30 January 2008 30 Aug 2008 .