A exposição de crianças e adolescentes na mídia como forma de trabalho infantil.

Abstract

This paper deals with media exposure of children and adolescents as a form of child labor. Most of the time child labor occurs because of the financial precariousness of families, where children and adolescents start working early to help their families. In Brazil, the legislation expressly prohibits child labor, more precisely in article 7, XXXIII, of the Federal Constitution. However, the exposure of children and adolescents in the media is presented to society in a glamorous way, which is why it is not recognized as one of the various forms of exploitation of child labor, resulting in the lack of specific regulation regarding the labor of children and teenagers in the media. The decisions are based on being permissive to the practice of activity in the media, not paying attention to the differentiation between the activity of children and adolescents in the media and the exploitation of child labor in the media. Therefore, the action of the competent bodies is necessary, in view of the intersectoral responsibilities for the application of public policies aimed at the eradication of child labor, which occurs through bodies such as the Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Guardianship Councils, Ministry Public and Judiciary Power for the supervision, investigation and enforcement of applicable sanctions.