(16 February 2011) .- When the earthquake occurred September 1985 in Mexico City, the information disseminated many ways reminded that the city was destroyed.
remember a friend's family flew to Mexico from Colombia, recording in his luggage ropes, hundreds of water purification tablets and equipment for climbing. The images broadcast media broadcast footage again and again collapsed buildings and people affected, convinced them that they would arrive at a city in ruins and it must be prepared to help their loved ones. Big surprise
received when leaving the airport found that the taxi that took almost moved throughout the city, and that although there was significant damage, they were recorded in specific areas. In the context of the tragedy that was the earthquake, a sector of the population was organized in support and rescue work for several days, while the remainder, ie the vast Most, soon resumed their daily activities.
The story may sound droll, but it was true. Why mention it? Because something similar happens with the way some media bombard us morning, noon and night with notes on the violence and insecurity that occur in our city and country.
Under his view, it seems that no other events and activities noteworthy than the assault, shootings, kidnappings or confrontation between criminal groups.
If this view prevails among us, a similar image is projected abroad: Mexico is a narco-state or quasi-failed to fall in claws of organized crime. No man's land, a land of violence, it is dangerous to travel to that nation.
Not only that, today is the international perception is that Mexicans are a people traffickers, drug addicts and thugs. If prior to the current situation of undocumented migrants in the U.S. were deemed illegal, now lies with them the stigma of criminal indisputable.
is sad to admit, but these days carry a passport from Mexico and is no guarantee of good citizenship. Before the world, any Mexican tourist can be considered a potential criminal.
abuse by some means of magnifying the news focus on crime is producing the effect of "backfire." A force to highlight only the dimension of violence and insecurity, minimizing the information otherwise, it generates fear, discourages investments and promotes an audience that feeds on the morbid, the shock and fear, instead of contributing become a critical public and documented.
you had the opportunity to listen to a radio and television evening news Monterrey in which, to report any criminal act, not only addresses the issue to death, but reading the note is accompanied by an audio reproduces the wail of sirens to cause concern at the hearing?
When some see the rating means as an end in itself and not as a tool to improve the quality of information, the huge untapped potential in the building of a free citizenry, gravitational and democratic.
In his book "A World Without Meaning", the political philosopher Laïdi Zaki said the grave responsibility that had the media in the escalation and spread of the bloody war in Bosnia in 1992-1995. Another author, Ken Robinson, also acknowledges in the book "Out of Our Minds", the need for the news industry to produce news 24 hours a day to capture the public's attention and keep rating.
one thing to be aware and report objectively, and other nurturing the curiosity and exaggerate the news for reasons of ill-gained popularity. Lucrecia Lozano
lucrecialozano@itesm.mx
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Do not try to hide the sun with a finger. We definitely have a serious problem of insecurity in Mexico. There are areas in the country that are very dangerous. Juarez is the most dangerous city in the world is the rate of homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants world's highest. However, the vast majority of Mexicans make our life almost as normal. Come every day to work, to school. We're buying groceries. On weekends we go to malls, shopping, movies.
Obviously we take precautions. Dens, turns black, mostly their clients have been significantly diminished. Many have changed their profile by changing the car or home. But the violence that the media convey if it is exaggerated. The shootings and executions, although alarming, they have little effect on the general population. If innocent people have been killed, by stray bullets or confusion, but are the least. The vast majority of the dead are still among the ranks of criminals, police and armed forces members.
violence, insecurity, if directly affects the general public is the increase in auto theft, and kidnappings, which are still going well. Both crimes of common law they are supposed to prosecute and punish the state government, and prevent municipalities.
But let us not be victimized by a monopoly of the negative information. There are a lot of positive feedback that we are not receiving and worth crowing. All Mexicans should start sending out more positive information. Brazil is worse security than Mexico and yet receives so much negative review from abroad. We begin with ourselves, Mexicans, to do so.
Greetings
Dany Portales
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