Digital Storyboard Proposal

Digita Story

I have chosen to do my Digital Story on the issue of cyber bullying on social media sites. I believe that the topic of cyber bullying is relevant to what we have been doing in class because it falls in the intersection of digital media and social justice. There are many forms of cyber bullying, and there are many means through which to bully. The digital story will be about a young teenager who is messaged and bullied through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The adolescent will be targeted because she is a little bit different from the crowd, whether it’s the way she dresses, her sexual orientation or that she’s just plain different. The story takes place in the young girl’s home, in her room, on her computer, and she receives multiple messages from a mean girl at her high school. Throughout the story, he attempts to overcome the hate she receives from her classmates. So, that’s the gist of the story, abd ideally it will be more developed in the final project. The theme is to not cyber bully because it is extremely hurtful and can cause major damage to a person.

                I plan on using a comic strip creator such as pixton to actually put together my digital story. I have experience with pixton because I used it in our comic strip project having to do with democracy. So, in turn, I have had the chance to learn the concepts and features of pixton, such as the character movement and the text box placements.

 Annotated Bibliography

Clemmit, Martin. "Dealing with Cyberbullying." The Guardian. N.p., n.d. Web.

This website is good and helpful because it has informed me more about cyber bullying, and a few helpful ideas for school on preventing it, such as education about bullying, and anti-bullying trained faculty members. It also gives a few hints for students on how to prevent it such as not putting up personal information online and other hints. And finally, it gives ideas on how to overcome the bullying, by things like ignoring the messages and not giving the bully reason to keep bothering you. Overall it is a very helpful source.

"Delete Cyberbullying - What to Do If You're a Victim." Delete Cyberbullying - What to Do If You're a Victim. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.

This website is extremely helpful because it provides so easy to read information about stopping cyber bullying. It makes a lot of good helpful points on what to do such as ignoring the bully and reaching out to adults. But, the most helpful information is what not to do. The webpage advises against forwarding the bully’s messages, sinking to the bully’s level, and most importantly not believing the bully. The bully will say mean and hurtful things to try and destroy confidence, but the key is to not believe the bully and become self-conscious. It is always good to just ignore the bully. This is a great website and source.