Erinn Marcum

Instructor Hankerson
Basic Writing 1010
October 29, 2015

Topic Proposal

I want to do my Prezzi on the media portrayal of sharks. Often people have phobia of sharks or
think that they are vicious creatures. They dont really know credible information about sharks
but I have noticed that media always positions sharks in the negative light, even in cartoons. For
instance, when "Jaws" hit movie screens on June 20, 1975, the film gave the audiences a
perception that the great white shark were terrifying monsters.35 years later, the slogan "Don't go
in the water" long lives from the movie and turned out to be an actual campaign for sharks. The
numbers of shark population worldwide have been decimated due partly to the frightening and
false ideas the film helped spread about them.