ATTENTION: THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!
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--Identify the topic for your PSA:
The topic for my PSA will be posting violent or hateful content on social media. I decided to use this topic because it is something that I feel very strongly about. Especially on Facebook, my main social media site, I see all kinds of insensitive postings, that somehow express beliefs that not everyone shares. Lately there has been so many events that have happened that are making a stir on social media. Several probably come to your mind instantly. People are taking this events and turning them into memes, mocking them, and just all around jabbing fun at someone else's expense. Some of the examples that I see over and over again are marriage equality, images using the American and Confederate flag, political rants, sporting incidents, and the biggest seeming to be anything to do with someone with the last name Jenner.
I get tired of seeing people make fun of these topics, and much more, just because they don't agree with them. I have opinions on these topics, just like everyone would. However, I don't, nor do I even feel the need, to blast my Facebook profile full of pictures depicting my beliefs.
When I see someone do that, I feel like want attention and people to agree with them and sadly I feel like they think: "my way is the way it should be, because it's my opinion, and I'm not wrong because what I believe is correct and I refuse to open my eyes and accept that it's not 1950 anymore".
What I don't think people really realize is that what they post can have an affect on their Facebook friends, some of whom are family, or even children. People need to stop and just think before they hit that share button.
--Identify the Audience for your PSA (Teens, Teachers, Administrators, or Parents):
The audience for my PSA can be all people on social media. Young people aren't the only one's who post things that are insensitive to other people. Adults are just as guilty.
I will use the following sources to get my information:
What to do if you're being bullied on a social network. (n.d.). http://www.bullying.co.uk/cyberbullying/what-to-do-if-you-re-being-bullied-on-a-social-network/
Cyberbullying Statistics. (2013). http://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullyingstatistics.htm
Shontell, A. (2013, July 9). 7 People Who Were Arrested Because Of Something They Wrote On Facebook. http://www.businessinsider.com/people-arrested-for-facebook-posts-2013-7?op=1
Guenther, J., & Zehnder, A. (2013, July). Social Media: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. https://ascent.usbank.com/insights/social-media-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly
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