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For my research paper I focused on bullying, but specifically juvenile bullying and the rhetoric devices the movement uses. Because of this I think it would be an interesting approach to focus on teen bullying, primarily focusing on bullying within high schools. Through this approach I will look into bullying done while at school, but also bullying that occurs through social media outlets when teens get home from school.

Within the artifact I make, my ultimate goal would be to change perceptions of reality. I will attempt to get the viewer of my artifact to empathize with those being bullied and ultimately change the way they view bullying. Hopefully making them see that bullying is not just a word thrown around by adults, but that it is something that occurs in all schools. In addition altering the way they see certain circumstances at school by arguing that it could be bullying. I think altering perceptions of reality is more important than other rhetoric goals because by altering perceptions you are creating a stepping stone to be able to achieve other goals. Ultimately if you convince someone that bullying is bad because of their now altered perception of it you can get them to join the movement, which would be beneficial for the eventual goal of ending bullying completely.

Of course I can not be entirely sure as to which tactics I will use while creating my artifact; however I would imagine that I would rely heavily on storytelling. Storytelling does a multitude rhetorically speaking. It teaches moral values and lessons, it creates an emotional appeal, and possibly most importantly it can establish and unify a group. I would strategically choose the story I told which would hopefully change the way my viewers saw bullying and thus aid me in my goal of altering perceptions of reality.