3/19: Fake Facebook identities are real problem for schools

This article was written for the Star Tribune by Joy Powell. Today in class we talked about visual argument. There is a photo included with the article that I think is a visual argument. It shows Cottage Grove school resource officer Gail Griffith and detective Tom Euland together in an office. She is dressed in full uniform, and they are both staring into the camera at the reader. I think this is to portray to the reader the seriousness of this problem, and maybe even deter those thinking about using cyberspace as a vehicle for bullying. The reader can see her weapons and gear because of the angle, I think that there is argument here that they will punish those they catch. I also think the the computer screen in the corner is suppose to represent cyber space, the detective has his hand on the computer as if to demonstrate that his is protecting cyberspace.
-Alex Mountain
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