Birth announcements, life achievements, and memorable experiences are all events that are shared on social media. Adrienne Lafrance, an author for The Atlantic, calls attention to current and future parents who use social media. Lafrance addresses her audience with an informative tone and formal language that the typical parent can understand without coming across as too simplistic. In her article “The Perils of Sharenting,” Lafrance effectively convinces her audience that parents need to limit posting about their children on social media due to the negative consequences that can follow; furthermore, she utilizes factual data and surveys to support her argument.
In order to make herself more believable to her audience, Lafrance establishes …show more content…
Lafrance pulls from multiple stories that help the audience better connect to her argument. Lafrance starts off by telling of a blogger who posted pictures of her children while potty training. She adds, “strangers accessed the photos, downloaded them, altered them, and shared them on a website commonly used by pedophiles.” The use of “pedophiles” really appeals to the fears of parents. Many parents’ biggest fear is having their children hurt, physically or emotionally; therefore, Lafrance strengthens her argument by adding stories that appeal to the emotions of those parents. The author uses pathos in order to incorporate common sense into her argument. Lafrance describes that children’s consent has many benefits, which include, “children [thinking] critically about how online sharing might affect them.” By adding long-lasting advantages to the proposal in her argument, Lafrance is able to better convince the audience that limits are necessary. As children grow up, many parents want them to be safe on the internet. By appealing to these wants, Lafrance is connecting with her audience and creating a stronger bond, which consequently, makes her argument more …show more content…
Lafrance starts the article with statistics in order to establish that the social media presence of children is very common. She points out that “the vast majority of 2-year-olds။more than 90 percent of them, according to a 2010 survey။already have an online presence.” These facts support the issue that children, some too young to even speak, let alone consent, are all over the internet. Lafrance continues with research conclusions by addressing, “Studies report these children have a greater sense of overall well-being and report greater life satisfaction.” This conclusion is made about children that have supportive, less controlling parents. Lafrance interprets those parents as people who do not post as much about their children on social
In order to make herself more believable to her audience, Lafrance establishes …show more content…
Lafrance pulls from multiple stories that help the audience better connect to her argument. Lafrance starts off by telling of a blogger who posted pictures of her children while potty training. She adds, “strangers accessed the photos, downloaded them, altered them, and shared them on a website commonly used by pedophiles.” The use of “pedophiles” really appeals to the fears of parents. Many parents’ biggest fear is having their children hurt, physically or emotionally; therefore, Lafrance strengthens her argument by adding stories that appeal to the emotions of those parents. The author uses pathos in order to incorporate common sense into her argument. Lafrance describes that children’s consent has many benefits, which include, “children [thinking] critically about how online sharing might affect them.” By adding long-lasting advantages to the proposal in her argument, Lafrance is able to better convince the audience that limits are necessary. As children grow up, many parents want them to be safe on the internet. By appealing to these wants, Lafrance is connecting with her audience and creating a stronger bond, which consequently, makes her argument more …show more content…
Lafrance starts the article with statistics in order to establish that the social media presence of children is very common. She points out that “the vast majority of 2-year-olds။more than 90 percent of them, according to a 2010 survey။already have an online presence.” These facts support the issue that children, some too young to even speak, let alone consent, are all over the internet. Lafrance continues with research conclusions by addressing, “Studies report these children have a greater sense of overall well-being and report greater life satisfaction.” This conclusion is made about children that have supportive, less controlling parents. Lafrance interprets those parents as people who do not post as much about their children on social