“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	How Does Facebook and Technology Influence Child Behavior?
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Luana Pascu writing her opinion on the article “How Does Technology Affect Kids’ Friendships?.” The New York Times. The New York Times Company
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	Masters of Media
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	UVA University Van Amsterdam
Date Page was Last Revised	02 October 2011
Date You Read It	29 January 2012
(ALL of it)	http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2011/10/02/how-do-facebook-and-technology-influence-child-behavior/

Five Facts (Embedded):

In the artcile Luana Pascu says that kids in the 90s never had the social media networks or the technology they have today thats why children spent all of their "free time interacting with real people, talking and playing with kids" (Luana Pascu).

Having texting and social media networks are being the only way to communicate and "young people do not have real friendships" (Luana Pascu).

The author believes that children shouldn't be involved with technology or the computer to communicate with friends, "at least until they have developed some interpersonal skills" (Luana Pascu).

Social media networks like "Facebook has made me lazier in terms of keeping relationships" (Luana Pascu).

Cellphones and Facebook are influencing small children by diminishing "their abilities to be friendly in real life, to understand body language and funny faces, without using the emotion to express how they feel" (Luana Pascu). Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): Luana Pascu is writing her opinion off of various articles and is curious on how Facebook may influence children's minds. Credibility of Source: Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? Luana Pascu is simply a writer who is studying child behavior and is making surveys to get information through teenagers about facebook. Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? The author is gaining information about the parent perspective, but is also giving the reader simple information. Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? This article isn't favoring either side of positive or negative on the subject. It gives off opinions for both. References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? The author is giving their opinion off of what they read on various articles about the same subject. For example they give credit to an article form the New York Times. Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? This article is very useful when it comes to explaining the parent point of view on this topic. Parents are becoming worried among their children after reading articles such as this one.

Senior Project Proposal

Proposed Topic in the form of an Essential Question:

Is animal cruelty a subject that should be taken in initiative all over the world?

Rationale for Choice

What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it?

After numerous thoughts of what I would like to research for my senior project, I finally decided to choose animal cruelty. I have always been curious about how animals are treated with an abusive owner, or how they end up in animal shelters. I am curious about how animal slaughter works and why people choose to be vegetarian. I want to see if watching videos of animal slaughter impact peoples thoughts or opinions?

What do you already know about this subject?

I don't know a whole lot about this topic other then what other people would already know about animal cruelty.

What are you hoping to learn about the subject?

I am hoping to seek if people actually care for their pets at home. If animals are being well taken cared of in animal shelters. Why do people really become vegetarians or vegans?

What are you most interested in regarding the topic?

If people are disgusted by the disturbing images of farm animals being killed for their meat, then why are people still eating it? I am one of those people and still question myself. If animal shelters are being run properly?

What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project?
Will I be able to research both topics for animal cruelty for pets and animal slaughter? For my community service I can volunteer at an animal shelter.