PAB #3

Pab #3

Due to the fact that my article focuses on the effects of social media in my particular case Facebook I found another article that attributes itself to the platform. Although it mentions Facebook it actually takes a step away from previous articles and focuses on women. While this is a step away from a more generalized approach I believe that the article still hold value and due to its narrow scope can provide insight that other papers would gloss over or marginalize completely. So, in this article written by Oduaran Choja and Okorie Nelson face book is scanned for elements of cyber harassment and the potential consequences on women. The articles source of information is stated to be through questionnaires of willing participants and because of this indicated the authors composed their own information in the creation of this paper. Furthermore, the paper argues for global and societal recognition of its thesis although this message is separate from what I intend to draw from this source. The paper makes use of strong pathos based arguments and uses some rather morbid and plain depressing examples to prove that the issue discussed exists and can have major influence on people’s everyday lives and as a result leaping from “Just an online issue” to real life. This article because of its attempt to prove that Facebook related interactions can lead to real harm lines up perfectly with my overall argument and because of this I can incorporate elements, ideas and diction to strengthen my paper and reinforce my thesis.

Works Cited

Oduaran, Choja. “Psychological Violence and the bane of Cyber-Harassment against Women: An Experiential Inquest on Facebook” Gender & Behavior. 2016, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p7589-7608. 20p. Accessed April 15, 2017