Today we had the final critical for studio brief 03.
Initially, I wanted to present it like a webpage on twitter but I found it difficult to present this due to only having 140 characters to work with, I found it wasn't sufficient enough to present my information without it breaking up. I then attempted it as a powerpoint presentation, however I didn't feel this suited my work best so therefore I created a book which discussed the Queens Tweet as well as cyber bullying as an issue.
I created a logo-like design on my front page, which combined both the Queen's crown and the twitter icon, to make it visually appealing. I wanted my magazine/leaflet to look sophisticated and keep the same format throughout.
I found the article in The Sun and The Daily Mail. The Sun's headline stated "CORONATION TWEET". She sent her first tweet through the @Britshmonarchy account - heralding the launch of a major new exhibition at London's science museum. Reported by BBC News online.
My first two pages just spoke about the Queens speech itself.
BBC News just stated that the tweet was sent and why however the Daily Mail and The Sun stated the backlash after the tweet was sent. However there was also a flood of support, follower account for @Britishmonarchy account rose from 722,000 to 731,000 and her message was retweeted 18,000 times in 5 hours.
I used this particular news coverage as a starting point to the real issue I wanted to talk about. Although my initial research quite clearly shows the modern day breakthrough into technology the underlying issue in all the coverage is in fact cyber bullying. I then created a double page spread to cover this.
I therefore looked at various articles about cyber bullying online such as on the mirror.co.uk, nytimes.com, the journal and western daily press.
In my opinion cyber bullying is cowardly and wrong, and can cause a great deal of harm which is shown through suicides and self harm. People do it as it is a lot more likely to be done over social media rather than face to face as it is a lot more easier for them. It is not entirely ethical in our society today to restrict someones happiness, thus freedom which is a reflection of society's morals. The more socially acceptable it becomes to voice these unwanted opinions, the more likely our society will conform to the norm and will therefore not only effect our morals but our freedom too.
I then looked into articles about the likelihood of legislation. I created another page about this.
I believe that bringing in a form of discipline to the misuse of social networking will help prevent suicides but also return our society to a sustained state. Journal online stated that internet trolls who engage in sinister forms should be hit with harsher penalties. The Guardian March 2014 also stated that cyber bullies could face 2 years in prison.
Finally I concluded my article on the last page.
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