Homework for 11/14/11

I looked up my name and found no hits of myself on the internet. People can create an appropriate digital footprint by communicating in a social but cautious manner. For example, while on social networking sites, it is not wise to give out all of your information. This creates and enormous digital footprint of information that other people can use to their advantage. Instead, people should know their limits and carefully sort through a comment before posting it in order to give out as little data as possible. This will lessen the impact of your digital footprint, and keep you safer in the long run.

PSA PLAN worksheet

1. What issue/ topic did you choose? Digital Rights and Responsibilities

2. Why is this important? It is important to understand your rights in order to know when your rights are being violated and how to stop the instigators.

3. Who do you want to reach? (target audience) I want to inform my classmates in 6A.

4. What is the behavior your looking to change? I am looking to inform people on their Digital rights and responsibilities.

5. Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior? They either don't know their rights on the internet or do not adhere to their responsibilities.

6. What emotional appeal can you make? I can create a feeling of anger and unfairness in the audience.

7. Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety; Your control of the internet.

8. Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives.

Someone has posted onto their blog their distaste of the government and what he would do differently if he was president. This comment is taken as a threat against the government and is taken down, and results in the man's arrest.

9. Where are they? (setting) In the man's office, A government officials office, jail cell.

10. Who is there? (characters) The man, government official, jailer

11. What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound) People are working and talking around the characters.

12. What are they saying? (dialogue)

Man: Grrrrr... I am so angry with the way our government is run! I know! I'll post a complaint on my blog!

(Types in message saying the president should be killed and communism should be the law of the land.)

Government Official: Good Lord! This lunatic is trying to overthrow the government! I'll put a stop to that!

(Government Official goes and arrests man)

Man: What are you doing?! You can't do this to me! I have the right to freedom of speech!

13. Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization)

Electronic Frontier Foundation

10 Facts On Digital Rights and Responsibilities

1. People have the right to find out about their local officials running for a position in the government without any restrictions. Source
2. We have the right to free and uncensored personal communication without governmental or other interventions. Source
3. We have the right to not have our personal information taken public by the government or online businesses. Source
4. We have the right to affordable and quality digital access. Source  
5. Cyberbullying, sexting, being an online predator, and taking people's information on social sites are examples of violations of the Digital Rights and Responsibilities. Source
6. Digital Censoring is a violation of these rights, no matter what is online. Source
7. Adults are commonly given more rights than children are. Source
8. It is actually proven that children with open access to the internet are safer because they can encounter the dangers themselves and learn to avoid them. Source
9. There is no proof of Digital Rights being protected under the United States Government. Source
10. Many websites do not adhere to the Digital Rights, restricting users right to freedom of speech or freedom of access. Source

Progress:
I have finished researching the sources that will be needed to create my PSA. I have noticed that the main goal of my PSA will be to inform people on the issue rather than change a behavior. The next part of my project creation will be to plan out the video through a storyboard.

INVESTIGATION Day 1

I have chosen to complete my project on Digital Rights and Responsibilities. From my research, I have found that this topic deals with the rights that all people have concerning the internet and technology, and the responsibilities that come with this power. This topic is extremely important to understand because if these rights are violated or if responsibilities are shirked, then many people could be affected by the mistake. Since I cannot change people's views on this topic, I will try my best to inform the public using a PSA video.