Persuasive
Sam Student
Professor Bakehouse
COM152
Topic: Sex offenders’ use of social media
General Purpose: To persuade the audience that it is a problem there are no regulations against sex offenders using social media
Specific Purpose: To convince the audience to participate in ways to protect our community from unregulated sex offenders using social media sites
Thesis: In order to protect the community of Omaha, we must find ways protect ourselves from sex offenders on social media sites.
I. Introduction
A. Each day, Facebook processes 2.7 billion “Likes,” 300 million photo uploads, and 2.5 billion status updates and check-ins, according to the Bloomberg Businessweek article “Facebook: The Making of One Billion Users” by Ashlee Vance from October 14, 2012 (Vance, Facebook: The Making of One Billion Users, 2012).
B. This means that millions of people, including most of us in this room are sharing aspects of our personal lives on Facebook.
1. Imagine the horror if you were to find out that someone on your “Friends List” was actually a sex offender. Well this may actually be the case.
2. According to City-data.com, as of November 15, 2012 there are 951 sex offenders living in the Omaha area and 16% of sex offenders manipulate their identities in order to use Facebook (City-data.com, 2012).
C. In order to protect the community of Omaha, we must find ways protect ourselves from sex offenders on social media sites.
D. We will first explore Omaha’s problem of having no laws to regulate sex offenders’ social media usage, and then look at the causes of this problem, and finally investigate a solution to end it.
II. Body
A. The problem at hand is that there are no laws in Nebraska regulating sex offenders’ use of social media sites, leaving the Omaha in danger of possible repeat offenders.
1. In October, Nebraska U.S. district Judge Richard Komph rejected a law that would’ve banned sex offenders from social media sites, according to the Omaha World-Herald article “Judge
Professor Bakehouse
COM152
Topic: Sex offenders’ use of social media
General Purpose: To persuade the audience that it is a problem there are no regulations against sex offenders using social media
Specific Purpose: To convince the audience to participate in ways to protect our community from unregulated sex offenders using social media sites
Thesis: In order to protect the community of Omaha, we must find ways protect ourselves from sex offenders on social media sites.
I. Introduction
A. Each day, Facebook processes 2.7 billion “Likes,” 300 million photo uploads, and 2.5 billion status updates and check-ins, according to the Bloomberg Businessweek article “Facebook: The Making of One Billion Users” by Ashlee Vance from October 14, 2012 (Vance, Facebook: The Making of One Billion Users, 2012).
B. This means that millions of people, including most of us in this room are sharing aspects of our personal lives on Facebook.
1. Imagine the horror if you were to find out that someone on your “Friends List” was actually a sex offender. Well this may actually be the case.
2. According to City-data.com, as of November 15, 2012 there are 951 sex offenders living in the Omaha area and 16% of sex offenders manipulate their identities in order to use Facebook (City-data.com, 2012).
C. In order to protect the community of Omaha, we must find ways protect ourselves from sex offenders on social media sites.
D. We will first explore Omaha’s problem of having no laws to regulate sex offenders’ social media usage, and then look at the causes of this problem, and finally investigate a solution to end it.
II. Body
A. The problem at hand is that there are no laws in Nebraska regulating sex offenders’ use of social media sites, leaving the Omaha in danger of possible repeat offenders.
1. In October, Nebraska U.S. district Judge Richard Komph rejected a law that would’ve banned sex offenders from social media sites, according to the Omaha World-Herald article “Judge