Warnings amid media frenzy in ‘Preaw’ case

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Warnings amid media frenzy in ‘Preaw’ case
By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

Forum urges more responsibility as teenage girls ‘idolise’ murder suspect

 

BANGKOK: -- AS MEDIA OUTLETS get carried away with sensational news on the Internet and become overly reactive about their popularity ratings, several academics yesterday voiced a note of caution. 

 

Speaking at a forum organised by Chulalongkorn University, experts in their respective fields warned that too much coverage of sensational news could backfire and hurt people’s rights to receive well-rounded and unbiased information.

 

The recent murder allegedly committed by a heavily tattooed, attractive girl has captured the attention of media outlets inside in the country and internationally. 

 

The prime suspect, Priyanuch “Preaw” Nonwangchai, has become an Internet sensation, with media reports focusing not only on the investigation into the case but also on her private life, friends, adversaries and her expressions of “gratitude” to her family by sending them large amounts of money.

 

Social values

 

Saturated with “Preaw” coverage 24 hours a day, netizens have raised doubts about the media’s responsibility to reflect and help shape social values, especially as teenage girls have started expressing feelings idolising Priyanuch. 

 

“Selling one-dimensional news can imply that media underestimate members of public,” mass communication expert Munyat Akarachantachote said. “This will only further distance the media from the public and harm people’s rights to access fair information.”

 

Munyat said it was understandable that media outlets had to make profits from their operations, but added that they should rather focus on qualitative aspects to uphold ethics and to differentiate themselves from viral news spread by various sources on the Internet. 

 

“Don’t focus on the personal, sensational secrets so that you lose sight of the overall picture and what will benefit society,” she said. 

 

Criminal law expert Pareena Srivanich said reporting could also affect criminal proceedings. While some reports might help trigger social awareness about the case and enable members of the public to help in the investigation, other reports could serve to alert culprits.

 

“Reporting on the case can also bring social judgement to a case, which could cause officers involved in justice process to be biased,” she said. “It can also bring harm to defendants, who should be legally protected as long as there has not been a final indictment.”

 

 Adult psychiatrist Puchong Laurujisawat added that reporting should be cautious to not automatically brand any defendant as having psychological problems or being mentally challenged. He said that could create a bias against innocent people suffering those conditions.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317477

 

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[phantomfiddler]

The sad fact is that if Charlie Manson were to be released tomorrow and he chose to open a bar in Pattaya, that bar would need to be of considerable size to accommodate all the feeble minded that would want to rub shoulders with evil incarnate ! This is not a purely Thai phenomenon. 

[Juan B Tong]

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The recent murder allegedly committed by a heavily tattooed, attractive girl 

 

 

Tattoos?   Please someone send a link to pix of the tats!

 

Ain't seen them yet.

 

 

[nahkit]

3 hours ago, Juan B Tong said:

The recent murder allegedly committed by a heavily tattooed, attractive girl 

 

 

Tattoos?   Please someone send a link to pix of the tats!

 

Ain't seen them yet.

 

 

That one had me wondering too.

[scorecard]

6 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

The sad fact is that if Charlie Manson were to be released tomorrow and he chose to open a bar in Pattaya, that bar would need to be of considerable size to accommodate all the feeble minded that would want to rub shoulders with evil incarnate ! This is not a purely Thai phenomenon. 

 

Add one US singing 'star' who enjoys large celebrity status has been on charges several times for violence and domestic violence, DUI charges, and the court removed her kids from her house to protect them.

 

Certainly not the values I was taught and observed from society when I was growing up.

 

[Thingamabob]

This case is potentially damaging for some very big names. The Chulalongkorn forum completely misses the point, deliberately. Another case of the elite looking after each other.

[gazza4]

I would just like to place. on record, my disgust( I cannot spell abh.....) at the lovey-dovey relationship between the cops and the media.

I'm fairly confident in saying that, not long after Gen, Prayut took over, he stated that he would leave the onerous task of trying to fix the cops to the next incoming gov't. He knows, as well as you and I do, that the the cops run Thailand. As for the "media", if someone should stumble across the definition of "investigative journalism" , Thailand's search for the first world would fall into place  

[Scott]

Posts with graphic link has been removed.  

[sandemara]

On 6/8/2017 at 9:36 PM, gazza4 said:

I'm fairly confident in saying that, not long after Gen, Prayut took over, he stated that he would leave the onerous task of trying to fix the cops to the next incoming gov't. He knows, as well as you and I do, that the the cops run Thailand.

????????

Yeh, like Donald Duck runs the Disney Corporation.