Private: That’s Not Cool – Student Material
Correcting the Picture
For this assignment, you will be making a scenario like the ones we explored in “What’s Wrong With This Picture?”
You scenario should demonstrate one of the online relationship issues we looked at:
- Pressuring or forcing someone to share something they don’t want to
- Cyberstalking (following people around online and offline and constantly contacting them
- Controlling (using digital devices to keep tabs on someone all the time)
- Abusing someone’s trust/threatening to publish private information
- Getting too involved in parasocial relationships online
You scenario should also show how the people involved deal with the issue successfully. (You can review the That’s Not Cool information wall to help you figure that out.)
Use this interactive tool to help you plan your scenario before you start writing:
Following people around online and offline and contacting them constantly.
Using digital devices to keep tabs on someone all the time.
A parasocial relationship is when you feel like you know someone you only know through media. People can form parasocial relationships with celebrities, influencers and even cartoon characters.