Thursday, February 2, 2012

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
Kids and social networking: Pros and Cons
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)

Georgiann Caruso
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )

CNN Health
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)

CNN
Date Page was Last Revised

August 6 2011
Date You Read It

February 4 2012
(ALL of it)

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/06/kids-and-social-networking-pros-and-cons/





FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):




The article states that social media is "a part of the daily routines of many adults and children" (Georgiann Caruso).
People are starting to lack social skills because "facebook has altered the landscape of social interaction, particularly among young people" (Georgiann Caruso).


Students who are on "facebook at least one time during a 15-minute study break made lower grades" studies say (Georgiann Caruso).


When people are on Social Media Networks they tend to talk about theresleves and start to "show more tendencies to be narcissistic" (Georgiann Caruso).


New research is finding out how pre teens are 'likely to experience anxiety and depression" from being on social media networks so much (Georgiann Caruso).


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):


CNN Health talks with professors of psychology about kids and social networking and how they are influenced by it. They are curious to find out more about how Facebook may impact children and pre teens by doing surveys.

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?

The authors name is Georgiann Caruso and he is a CNN medical associate producer.

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?

This article is simply the authors opinion on other articles about the same subject. The author is writing information down that he has learned from other articles.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

Only the negatives are being put out for the reader to understand, the author is favoring the negative side of the topic.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author in this article is using the information that psychologists have said in different articles.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this set of information for the negative side for social networking. This could be an example of someones opinion on the subject.

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