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Mass Media and the Intrusion of Privacy
大眾與隱私
In recent years, due to the growth of mass media and technological innovations,people seem to have less and less privacy. The case is worse for famous people such as public figures and celebrities. The mass mediais frequently criticized for their excessive attention to the personal lives of famous people.
最近幾年，由于大眾傳媒以及技術的不斷發展，人們的隱私似乎越來越少。這些事件在公眾人物身上更為嚴重，這些都是公共人物和明星。人們經常對大眾傳媒進行批判，認為他們太過于關注名人的隱私。
As far as I am concerned, what the mass media does is nothing but an intrusion of privacy.First of all, every citizen is entitled to a private life free from media intrusion, and celebrities and public figures are no exception. If a person is engaged in corruption, law-breaking, abuse of power or hypocrisy, the medi has a right to uncover them, but not an individual’s private life. Furthermore, an individual is protected by Right of Privacy from emotional harm such as embarrassment and humiliation, especially publicly. For most of the time, mass media deliberately hunts for novelty in order to draw the public’s attention. Moreover, when the privacy of a celebrity is exposed, it is not just he or she who is harmed; many other people are dragged in. A harmonious family can be destroyed. If children are involved, the harm is immeasurable.
我認為，大眾媒體侵犯了他人的個人隱私。首先，每名公民都有自己的隱私權，名人和公眾人物也不排除在外。如果有人涉嫌貪污、犯罪、或是濫用職權，那么，大眾媒體有義務來揭露他們，而不是個人的私生活。此外，個人受到隱私權的保護，這樣的舉動將給他們帶來情感上的傷害，例如尷尬、恥辱。在大多數里，為了吸引公眾的眼球，大眾媒體總是故意報道那些新奇事件。而且，當明星的隱私暴露時，不僅僅是他個人受到了傷害，還有許多人也牽扯其中。和諧的家庭環境會被破壞。如果這牽扯到孩子的話，那么傷害的程度將難以估量。
All in all, most of us need a basic human right to lead our lives without harassment or hindrance from anyone else. It is not only immoral, but also illegal to intrude an individual’s seclusion or solitude, physically or mentally.
總之，我們都有權過自己的生活，前提是在不傷害他人的情況下。這樣做不僅不道德，而且更是一種違法行為，這將給對方造成身心上的雙層傷害。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
