Radio serial dramas measurably increased West African listeners’ awareness and action against child trafficking.

Evidence

Another story line tailored to unique cultural problems addressed the pervasive practice of child trafficking in the West African countries of Mali, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso. Child traffickers trick poor parents with large families into giving up some of their children under the pretense that they will receive good care and schooling and will send money home. Instead, the traffickers sell the children for slave labor under inhumane conditions. The traffickers also sell children whose parents have died of AIDS. Some children are sold to the sex trade. The radio serial drama exposed these cruel practices. Listeners became aware of child trafficking, discussed exploitative child labor, and took action against it, more so than did nonlisteners (Population Media Center, 2004). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2811 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Radio serial dramas can measurably shift listener awareness and action on child trafficking — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2811

Broader Connections

• Radio serial dramas can measurably shift listener awareness and action on child trafficking #expands (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2811