The Perils Of Sharenting Summary

In the article “The Perils of ‘Sharenting’’ by Adrienne Lafrance
Throughout Lafrance’s article, she uses sources to help voice her argument and to fortify her credibility and appeal to ethos. For instance, Lafrance starts by drawing attention to a count of highly educated professions in which according to her are “in early stage of designing a public-health campaign to draw attention to what they say is an inherent conflict between a parent’s freedom to publish and a child’s right to privacy.” By doing so, Lafrance establishes that the issue she is trying to argue is relevant to begin with. Lafrance continues by citing a professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and also mentions he is the associate director of the school’s Center on Children and Families. By doing so, she establishes that she has an expert source to back her up on her issue; further enhancing her credibility. Furthermore, Lafrance’s piece

Along with establishing her credibility, Lafrance effectively appeals to the reader’s emotions. Her introduction is full of provoking words that creates a sympathetic feeling; Lafrance claims “Many children make their internet debut as grainy gray blobs on Facebook posted ultrasound images before they’re even born.” The thought that a life that has not even been introduced to the real world is already being posted to virtual world, establishes a feeling of sympathy to these kids and anger towards these parents that rush to post their kids online. Lafrance further tries to expand these feelings when she tells that a child who was posted potty training was posted on website ‘commonly used by pedophiles’. The word “pedophile” itself may stir awareness in parents, so