Today, numerous child advocates and social scientists consider corporal punishment to be counterproductive, harmful to children, and morally wrong (Barnett, 2011). Corporal punishment is defined as, “the use of physical force causing pain, but not wounds, as a means of discipline.”2 Forms of corporal punishment include the use of spanking, slapping, and paddling in which we do not consider to be abuse of the child (UNICEF, 1999). According to experts, there is very little doubt that the use of spanking contributes to family aggression (Barnett, 2011). Murray Straus, a researcher of corporal punishment, disputes that spanking is harmful for two reasons: 1) a unspoken message of the acceptance of this form of punishment contributes to other violent
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In this video we will focus on providing information pertaining to the adverse effects caused by spanking, the prevalence of spanking in America, other forms of discipline without the use of spanking or corporal punishment, and the effectiveness of using other forms of discipline over the use of physical punishment. This campaign will serve as both a method for prevention of spanking and an intervention for those who already spank their children. Research has shown that public awareness campaigns can motivate changes in a number of ways including: joining of coalitions, posting materials in the community and in media, donation of funds, support of policy change to support victims, or being informed in order for an individual to make wiser choices when it comes to disciplining their child (FSU, 2012). The aims of our product is to strategically reach our target population and communicate our message to that group. In order to do this, we will establish a broad system of individuals and interested groups, maintain a short and powerful message to assemble people to action, and create diverse activities to relay the message to a wide range of individuals and …show more content…
We asked a group of students questions related to spanking and discipline that led them to critically debate and discuss the issues related to spanking. We also used this method to have our interviewees think about alternative punishments outside of spanking. Another method we used in our video was providing quantitative and qualitative research to support our claims that spanking can have more negative outcomes than positive. We provided examples of research and studies that showed correlations between people who had been spanked and negative outcomes. Our intention is to get the video viewers to be aware of what the research shows and to get them to think critically about spanking and what methods may be better for punishment besides
In this video we will focus on providing information pertaining to the adverse effects caused by spanking, the prevalence of spanking in America, other forms of discipline without the use of spanking or corporal punishment, and the effectiveness of using other forms of discipline over the use of physical punishment. This campaign will serve as both a method for prevention of spanking and an intervention for those who already spank their children. Research has shown that public awareness campaigns can motivate changes in a number of ways including: joining of coalitions, posting materials in the community and in media, donation of funds, support of policy change to support victims, or being informed in order for an individual to make wiser choices when it comes to disciplining their child (FSU, 2012). The aims of our product is to strategically reach our target population and communicate our message to that group. In order to do this, we will establish a broad system of individuals and interested groups, maintain a short and powerful message to assemble people to action, and create diverse activities to relay the message to a wide range of individuals and …show more content…
We asked a group of students questions related to spanking and discipline that led them to critically debate and discuss the issues related to spanking. We also used this method to have our interviewees think about alternative punishments outside of spanking. Another method we used in our video was providing quantitative and qualitative research to support our claims that spanking can have more negative outcomes than positive. We provided examples of research and studies that showed correlations between people who had been spanked and negative outcomes. Our intention is to get the video viewers to be aware of what the research shows and to get them to think critically about spanking and what methods may be better for punishment besides