Persuasive Language Essay - Faceless Bullies Thrive in Cyberspace
The issue of ‘bullies thriving in cyberspace’ has created grave concerns for children’s safety and well-being while using social media. Published on the 20th of April 2007, by Dr Dvir Abramovich, Senior Lecturer at Melbourne University, the opinion piece ‘Faceless bullies thrive in cyberspace’ addresses the many concerns and shocking truths that children face when amusing themselves with “mobiles phones, emails, instant messaging, internet blogs, and chat rooms”. He suggests in a somewhat worried, but reasonable tone that ‘faceless bullies’ who have evil motives are dominating cyberspace when it comes to personal security and privacy. Furthermore, discussing that children need …show more content…
Readers are likely to feel guilt and shame that they are not involved enough in their child’s ‘social media world’ to ensure they are safe while online. Dr Abramovich then goes on to say, “[Anyone can harass, intimidate, and humiliate others any day, on the internet]”, hinting to parents that this matter is serious and requires attention intermediately. Readers are inclined to listen and pay attention to the reader because what he is saying, endangers parents most important priority in life, their children. Dr Abramovich uses an analogy referring to the old saying “sticks and stones may break my bones” to make clear to readers, specifically parents that times are changing, and the internet is the new …show more content…
“[10 percent of young adults were threatened].” “[Year 8 students found that cyberbullying had a greater impact that physical bullying]”, provides the reader with un-missable and frightening evidence that they cannot dismiss. The reader wants to impose these statistics and ensure that readers completely comprehend that “we” need to do something about it now. Dr Abramovich does not want parents to take this lightly and calmly dismiss his arguments, he insists parents be proactive and involve themselves in their child’s social media life. “[42 percent of Australian female adolescents were harassed and denigrated online or via SMS]”, again imposes another reason why ‘we’ together need to put an end to this social media bullying ‘era’, as children should not have to this type of behaviour, otherwise there will continue to be detrimental consequences. Readers are inclined to put everything behind Dr Abramovich to work cohesively to change the way children can safely use the
The issue of ‘bullies thriving in cyberspace’ has created grave concerns for children’s safety and well-being while using social media. Published on the 20th of April 2007, by Dr Dvir Abramovich, Senior Lecturer at Melbourne University, the opinion piece ‘Faceless bullies thrive in cyberspace’ addresses the many concerns and shocking truths that children face when amusing themselves with “mobiles phones, emails, instant messaging, internet blogs, and chat rooms”. He suggests in a somewhat worried, but reasonable tone that ‘faceless bullies’ who have evil motives are dominating cyberspace when it comes to personal security and privacy. Furthermore, discussing that children need …show more content…
Readers are likely to feel guilt and shame that they are not involved enough in their child’s ‘social media world’ to ensure they are safe while online. Dr Abramovich then goes on to say, “[Anyone can harass, intimidate, and humiliate others any day, on the internet]”, hinting to parents that this matter is serious and requires attention intermediately. Readers are inclined to listen and pay attention to the reader because what he is saying, endangers parents most important priority in life, their children. Dr Abramovich uses an analogy referring to the old saying “sticks and stones may break my bones” to make clear to readers, specifically parents that times are changing, and the internet is the new …show more content…
“[10 percent of young adults were threatened].” “[Year 8 students found that cyberbullying had a greater impact that physical bullying]”, provides the reader with un-missable and frightening evidence that they cannot dismiss. The reader wants to impose these statistics and ensure that readers completely comprehend that “we” need to do something about it now. Dr Abramovich does not want parents to take this lightly and calmly dismiss his arguments, he insists parents be proactive and involve themselves in their child’s social media life. “[42 percent of Australian female adolescents were harassed and denigrated online or via SMS]”, again imposes another reason why ‘we’ together need to put an end to this social media bullying ‘era’, as children should not have to this type of behaviour, otherwise there will continue to be detrimental consequences. Readers are inclined to put everything behind Dr Abramovich to work cohesively to change the way children can safely use the