Pubilc Piece

Non-Academic Content

Taneisha Watson

Fayetteville Technical Community College

17 April 2020

Non-Academic Content

Discussion Board

Recently, the issue of child abuse has been so prevalent and has affected children from all over the world. Many children are suffering since they are being abused differently. Child abuse can either be physical abuse or emotional abuse. Therefore, this song argumentative and it has several messages that the public needs to hear concerning the issue. It explains the effects of child abuse to the children and the community, and the dangers of ignoring the seriousness of the child abuse (Straus & Smith, 2017).

This song is meant for everyone. It can be listened to by anyone who wants to. The major audience is the general public. It has messages that are important not only to the academic community but also to every individual in the world. It is composed in English and hence, can be understood by anyone who understands English language. The piece is under the non-academic pieces because it is meant for the people of the public. The issue not only affects the academic community but every child who undergoes the abuse. The argument will not change because from the time the song was composed, it was meant for everyone and not students only. Therefore, the argument of the song will remain the same and will not change anything. The goal of the song is that those who will listen to it should be in the position of ensuring that children around them are not abused either emotionally or physically. This song will help save many children in the world. The potential bias that is likely to be there is non-response bias because not all the listeners will have the chance of responding to what they feel about the song.

The argument in the song urges the audience to do the following in order to ensure that the rate of child abuse reduces. Firstly, parents and guardians are required to listen to their children and always being there for them both physically and emotionally (Johnson, 2017). Secondly, the leaders and administrators should ensure that the children in their community attend schools. This will help in reducing physical abuse of the school age children. There are many public schools that are free and therefore, people should not have the excuse of not having money to take their children to school. Lastly, the song requires the people of the public to always be alert and report any form of child abuse to the relevant authorities. The main purpose of communicating with the public through this song is to have the rate of child abuse reduced so that children do not suffer the abuse.

The best way of communicating this message is through a song. People listen to songs more than they read. Therefore, when the content is passed through a song, it is likely to reach more audience compared to using other genres. Additionally, when it is recorded one can listen to it again and again hence the message will be communicated more effectively. The song has already been composed and hence, it is ready to be recorded. I will only record an audio version of the song. Once the song is out, the message in the song is likely to reach many people. Additionally, I will ensure that I record the song using good beats and also the audio will be of high quality. This will ensure that the song attracts many listeners and that way I will be able to communicate to many people.

References

Johnson, J. M. (2017). Horror stories and the construction of child abuse. In Images of issues (pp. 17-32). Routledge.

Straus, M. A., & Smith, C. (2017). Family patterns and child abuse. In Physical violence in American families (pp. 245-262). Routledge.