Social justice refers to the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society and modern media here refers largely to the internet, it also refers to conceptions of a just society, where "justice" refers to more than just the administration of laws.
Modern media refers to both the old and new media. Old media refers to newspaper, news broadcasting, magazines, and radios. Whereas, new media refers to the internet. The differences between the new and old media is that the work of old media is done by a group of professionals who are well trained in the areas of news and information presentation, such as, new broadcasters, journalists, editors etc. However, the work of new media can be done by just anyone, like you and me. As a result, new media has no social justice as the person who present the news is not well-trained, thus having no sensitivity to sensitive issues like political, religious and racial. Especially, when issues of religious and races are very vulnerable in Singapore, as inferred from the past.
Media has great impacts in our lives and how we view things. Most people spent their free time on new or old media like TV and the internet. For new media normally, the information is in controlled and censored if it is sensitive or offensive, which can bring harm to social instability. However, on the other hand, in the aspect of new media, any tom, dick or Harry can just post sensitive opinion, news and information on the internet, without any controlled or censorship. In this case, it might cause social instability, leading to chaos and disorder.
In the news media of www.channelnewsasia.com, people can send in pictures and video to make their own news. The title of this activity is “YOUR NEWS”
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/index.htm
In this case, a blogger in Iran is arrested for 14years as he criticized for the arrest of online journalists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4292399.stm
In the case of Youtube, whereby, it posts videos insulting the Thailand’s king caused social instability in the country itself.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6535509.stm
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