Before you click on this link, I must warn you, it is rather graphic, however; I decided to share it because it was just on CNN the other night and I thought it related to what we had been talking about in class. I think you need to have a YouTube account in order to view this video, so if you don't already have a YouTube account, it takes less than a minute to set one up. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0_7qC6YFo
Similar to the picture of Emmit Till's brutalized body that we talked about in class, this video uses a realistic, graphic senario of what could happen if you text while driving. It is a public service announcement that was made in the U.K. to try and scare teens so perhaps they will think twice before they text while driving. This PSA has been highly controversial as to whether or not it should be publicized or not. Many argue that the video is far too graphic for a general audience, while others believe that it would be good for young teens to see the potentially devestating effects of texting while driving.
Personally, I thought what made the PSA so effective was the fact that it was so horrifying and graphic. If it was a news reporter standing up there merely, talking about the topic and stating that it is dangerous to text and drive, it wouldn't have been as effective as this video of a horrible car wreck, becasue although the video is horrifying and terribly sad, that is what it took to really get the seriousness and urgency of the message across to the audience.
I know for me, it has definetly changed my mind about texting while I'm driving. Before seeing this video, I used to sometimes text while I would drive, not believing anything like in this video could ever happen to me...but after seeing this horrifying PSA, I will never text and drive again!!
What do you guys think? Do you think the video is too graphic to show young teens? Or do you think it's something that should be shown to them to maybe prevent such a bad accident from really happening?
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