Friend Game Presentation

For our final presentation, our group will be analyzing the various devices used by Lauren Collins in her article “Friend Game”. After a brief summary of the story, we plan to discuss a few central themes such as the amalgamative nature of cyber profiles and Collins’s “snake in the grass” approach to the article. Of all the devices that Collin’s uses, our group will dissect and present the six listed in the outline below. For each device, we plan to discuss how it is used and if it was successful in strengthening the author’s points. Additionally, our group will be using the projector to show related material while asking engaging questions to keep the audience involved during the presentation.

Questions:

1. Should the age restriction be raised for social networking sites?

2. Who was at fault for the Megan's death?

1. Brief Summary of Article

2. Central Thesis

   a. “Snake in the Garden” – Danger Lurking in seemingly peaceful suburban middle class

   
   

   b. “Frankenstein” – The piecing together of “Josh Evans” characteristics on MySpace

3. Devices

   a. Anecdotes

   
   

   b. Irony (Title)

   
   

   c. Pathos

   
   

   d. Illustration

   
   

   e. Dialogue

   
   

   f. MySpace excerpts