SNO Online Papers

"Why Spider-Man should still belong to Disney"

1. Sophia Jazaeri

2. Her story is about why she feels Spider-Man should belong to Disney instead of Sony.

3. She feels that "Spider-Man should still belong to Disney".

4. No

5. She did say that "there isn’t anything that we (nor Holland) can do except hope that Sony comes to their senses and realizes that they could make more money with Disney." This could be interpreted to mean that this wouldn't have happen if Sony realized they would have greater profits working with Disney, but it isn't directly stated, just inferred.

6. No

7. 1st person


"Video games do not make people violent"

1. Patrick Ervine

2. His story is about how video games aren't actually responsible for violent behavior.

3. He believes that "Video games don’t actually make people violent; they do the opposite. They can actually help the lives of teens."

4. Absolutely

5. No, he doesn't. His article is formatted like this: he starts by explaining his opinion, and then he gradually progress from how it isn't the cause of violent behavior, through evidence for the claim, to how it is actually helpful and evidence for that.

6. Yes

7. 3rd person


"Why I Don't Have Social Media"

1. Ruben Flores

2. His story is about why he doesn't do social media.

3. He believes that "The way the apps are advertised displays a way to stay in touch with your friends, but the reality is that we’re replacing quality social relationships with the easier actions of following profiles." "We should be experiencing as personal bonds between friends," but instead we just send,"a couple of pictures a day between profiles that we label" on social media.

4. He does address how social media makes him feel if he gets on, but he doesn't really address the other people's perspective who are addicted to social media.

5. He does admit that "it's kind of appealing," but he doesn't suggest any scenarios that could negate or resolve his opinion. He really starts with a neutral or somewhat positive view of social media for most of his paragraphs, but then he goes to show how it's really negative.

6. No

7. 1st person