Friday, March 4, 2011

Time Magazine Man of the Year Outline

<Outline>
I. Intro
- anecdote
  - when I first started facebook
  - how time passed quickly
  - illustrate the difference between Facebook and other similar sites
- Zuckerberg named 'Man of the Year'
  - Man of the Year: title given to most influential person of the year by Times
- controversy, but Assange deserves it more

II. Body
1) Achievements of Julian Assange
- explain situation during WikiLeaks
- explain the organization
- clarify position of Assange in the case
2) Impact of WikiLeaks
- brought worldwide commotion
- made clear to the world that there is more to international politics than meet the eye
3) Contrast to Facebook
- Zuckerberg changed way people communicate
- however, still within the already known category of 'communication'
- Assange revealed an unknown aspect of politics

III. Conclusion
- quote by Assange concerning Zuckerberg
  - acknowledge that the quote is used a lot
- clarify quote
- more influence by Assange on larger number of people
- thus deserves to be Man of the Year

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