The issue that we have chosen for this project is publishing unnecessary and inappropriate details about one’s personal life through facebook. Overuse of facebook has many negative effects on incoming college freshman which include being a distraction to academics among other things. Regarding this topic, we think that incoming freshman to TCU should be advised to limit what they share publicly on their facebook. Additionally, they need to be made aware that information they believed to be private can be seen by anyone, including their future professors and employers.
Our target audience for this particular issue is incoming TCU freshman, with facebook accounts, that have just graduated from high school. Our audience will be made up of both males and females ranging in age from seventeen to eighteen. Focusing in on TCU freshman, most of the audience members will be from middle to upper class families.
Our first medium will be an article in the Skiff discussing the dangers of facebook to incoming freshman and advice from more experienced, older students. Second, we are going to create a flier which would be handed out during new student orientation. The flier will include a general example of what an inappropriate facebook page looks like for incoming freshman. For our final medium for this argument, we decided to have a short video that could be shown to incoming freshmen during orientation as a warning about overusing Facebook.
I think this is a really good idea! There are so many people that overexploit themselves on Facebook and it drives me crazy! This should be an interesting presentation.
ReplyDeleteI think this topick is really something that all of the facebookers will care since the excessive information is driving everyone mad and it is really necessary to call upon all of our generation to ease the caseload of facebook.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! Make sure you post a link to your video on your blog, we'll all be excited to see it! I completely agree with your stance that some people are just ridiculous on Facebook. This would probably do some real good.
ReplyDeleteThis should be interesting. I have some different views on this issue. I think it wil be very informative if you present numbers of how many students get denied admission because of innapropriate social networking pages.
ReplyDeleteIt really is ridiculous how much power something like Facebook can have. I think it is interesting how you are targeting freshmen-- it seems that they are the most irresponsible ones posting pictures and other content about themselves. The controversy surrounding inappropriate content and how it can be used by employers and universities will be interesting to analyze as well.
ReplyDeleteI really like this topic. I have heard so many people complain about how facebook is a distraction, and also causes many problems regarding friendships and relationships. I look forward to hearing your presentation!
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