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I have tried to research the depiction and use of social networks within the video and animation media fields but now I have decided to look at posters created about cyber bullying. Here are two that are very different in their approach but both educate on different aspects.
Figure 1 represents cyber bullying in a visual way the theme within When the Virtual Becomes Real. It is symbolises the online world can actually hurt people in the real world. A lot of the bullies comments do feel like a slap in the face to the victims.The illustration makes the punch appear to be hard and spontaneous which is what the virtual world is like. Due to there being no restrictions on the content anybody chooses to upload to online communities there is always the risk of being suddenly shocked or upset by something even if it is not content directed at you personally. An element that can cause more shock and pain is the fact that most of the time you are sat in your own home using the internet, this is a safe place where no one should be able to hurt you. However technology has now pushed past that barrier, becoming a regular part of our home life.
It is interesting how figure two also has two arms that are in a threatening manner. Therefore this poster is also representing the damaging nature the internet can have and linking it back to reality. On the other hand this poster is completely different to figure 1 as it has chosen to present us with some facts about cyber bullying to highlight the severity of the issue. It states that 32% of teenagers have been bullied online, this is a fairly high number. It does not acknowledge how many people have been the bully themselves, as when you take that into consideration it is evident that cyber bullying itself involves a large amount of teenagers.
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