“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Social Networking's Good and Bad Impact on Kids |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Larry D. Rosen |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | American Psychological Association |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | American Psychological Association |
Date Page was Last Revised | August 6 2011 |
Date You Read It | February 6 2012 |
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2011/08/social-kids.aspx |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Psychologists believe that teens should be "removing inappropriate content" from their social media accounts (Dr. Rosen). |
With recent studies psychologists have discovered that Facebook "can negatively impact learning" from being online too much (Dr. Rosen). |
They are starting to realize that "teens who use Facebook more often show more narcissistic tendencies" (Dr. Rosen). |
The result of Facebook users can lead to "anxiety, depression, and other psychological disorders" (Dr. Rosen). |
There are studies that "facebook has altered the landscape of social interaction, particularly among young people" (Dr. Rosen). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
Psychologists are studying behaviors among people who use Facebook a lot. This is for research purposes and to get out information.
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?
Dr. Rosen is a psychologist who is studying various tests with the subject on peoples behavior for using Facebook too much.
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 writing this was based off of what Dr. Rosen said.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
The article has information about the positive in Social Media Networks and the negatives.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
References in the writing would be the opinions of what psychologists have said.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
The article talks about how parents should deal with this situation.
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