“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Social Networking's Good and Bad Impacts On Kids
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Unknown
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	ScienceDaily
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	06 August 2011
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	12 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08 /110806203538.htm

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

This article shows the positive effects show by the social media like "Young adults who spend more time on Facebook are better at showing "virtual empathy" to their online friends".

Although its shows good positive effects it also shows the bad like "strong Facebook presence show more signs of other psychological disorders".

It talks about how helps us learn to socialize with a smart phone or a laptop which could be a useful.

But I like how they show some of the other effects like "negative effect on the health of all children, preteens and teenagers by making them more prone to anxiety, depression".

It states how the social media has help teens communicate around the world and how its useful for knowledge.

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


EX: POV brings together information from a Cambridge conference in which professors of literature examine Twilight's effect on teenagers. Many of the sources cited talk about the negative affect on women that the books have had.  The writer then turns around and asks the reader to take a poll, which is noted as not being scientific, to see what the general populance thinks on this issue. 
The article list some bad and good reasons on why the social media is bad and what we can do to help ourselves or teens.


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? 


EX for Author: POV is simply a penname for an anonymous author. It stands for Point of View, and the majority of the articles written on the news cite are simply there to ask the opinion of the reader, and rehash someone else's research. 
 The author is anonymous and i think this looses some of the articles credibility. 
EX for Site: CBC News is one of the main news associations in Canada, and the purpose seems to be to bring the news to the people. The articles are meant to inspire discussion, not so much force an opinion. 
The website I think just shows the studies people have made and put them into one article.


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? 


EX: Other than keeping a job with the Canadian News, it seems the variety of articles displays a lack of attachment. 
I think they dont have anything to gain because they show they have researched their work. 
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


EX: There is a slight bias in the fact that only the negative effects of Twilight are mentioned, not the positive. 
I dont really detect any bias because they state the good and bad things our Facebook.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

EX: The author uses Cambridge professors in his/her argument, making it stronger, as they are professors of literature. 
I would take away some credibility from the article because it does not state an author.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 


EX: I plan to use this source to support my opinion that Twilight has a negative effect on teenagers, and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources, as it has a link to an MSNBC article about this issue.


I am going to use these examples on how Facebook and other social medias can help and hurt the teenagers.

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	David Derbyshire
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Mail online
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	24 February 2009
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	12 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1153583/Social-websites-harm-childrens-brains-Chilling-warning-parents-neuroscientist.html

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

The article talks about how social websites make kids and teens have a shorter attention span and makes them self centered.

Some psychologist and neurologist suggest that the social network is doing more harm than good.

The article also states "Lady Greenfield told the Lords a teacher of 30 years had told her she had noticed a sharp decline in the ability of her pupils to understand others".

Although the article shows the negative it also says "Psychologists have also argued that digital technology is changing the way we think. They point out that students no longer need to plan essays before starting to write - thanks to word processors they can edit as they go along".

This also states how Sue Palmer said 'We are seeing children's brain development damaged because they don't engage in the activity they have engaged in for millennia".

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

EX: POV brings together information from a Cambridge conference in which professors of literature examine Twilight's effect on teenagers. Many of the sources cited talk about the negative affect on women that the books have had.  The writer then turns around and asks the reader to take a poll, which is noted as not being scientific, to see what the general populance thinks on this issue. 

The article shows that the social media is shortening the attention span of kids and teens. This has been tested by many psychologist and neurologist. 

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? 

EX for Author: POV is simply a penname for an anonymous author. It stands for Point of View, and the majority of the articles written on the news cite are simply there to ask the opinion of the reader, and rehash someone else's research. 

I think the author is stating his opinion and evidence that shows why the social media is bad. 

EX for Site: CBC News is one of the main news associations in Canada, and the purpose seems to be to bring the news to the people. The articles are meant to inspire discussion, not so much force an opinion. 

This website seems trustworthy because the author shows where he gets all his sources and what the people said.

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? 

EX: Other than keeping a job with the Canadian News, it seems the variety of articles displays a lack of attachment. 

I doubt the website has anything to gain from this article.

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

EX: There is a slight bias in the fact that only the negative effects of Twilight are mentioned, not the positive. 

There is a slight bias in the fact that it only states one negative comment.

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

EX: The author uses Cambridge professors in his/her argument, making it stronger, as they are professors of literature. 

The author does site his sources, thus his credibility for me goes up.

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

EX: I plan to use this source to support my opinion that Twilight has a negative effect on teenagers, and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources, as it has a link to an MSNBC article about this issue.

I plan to use these article on how social media effect us by shortening our attention span.

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Antisocial Networking
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Hilary Stout
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	NY Times
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	NY Times
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	30 April 2010
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	05 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html?pagewanted=all

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

The article by Hilary Stout said that many kids between the age of 8-18 years old use a type of electronic device more than 7 hours in a day.

The article also states that 50% of American teens send about 50 text messages a day. It also as some feels uncomfortable when they don’t have their phones next to them.

Social Networks like Facebook are effecting the way teens communicate. “The smiles were colons with brackets. The laughs were typed ha ha’s. “O.K.” was just “K” and “See you” was rendered as ‘c ya.’ ”

These sites are can cause harmful things like cyber bullying and damage a teens self esteem.

The internet may cause bad things like cyber bullying but others suggest “technology is bringing children closer than ever”.

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

EX: POV brings together information from a Cambridge conference in which professors of literature examine Twilight's effect on teenagers. Many of the sources cited talk about the negative affect on women that the books have had.  The writer then turns around and asks the reader to take a poll, which is noted as not being scientific, to see what the general populance thinks on this issue. 

The article shows the dangers of using a social network like Facebook but it also says that this can also bring friendships faster and may help a teens self esteem.

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? 

EX for Author: POV is simply a penname for an anonymous author. It stands for Point of View, and the majority of the articles written on the news cite are simply there to ask the opinion of the reader, and rehash someone else's research. 

I think the author is credible because it was publish by the New York Times and the author points were good and understandable.

EX for Site: CBC News is one of the main news associations in Canada, and the purpose seems to be to bring the news to the people. The articles are meant to inspire discussion, not so much force an opinion. 

I completely trust this site because it’s a nation wide known publisher and most of their work has been good.

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? 

EX: Other than keeping a job with the Canadian News, it seems the variety of articles displays a lack of attachment. 

The author has nothing to gain from this except maybe getting paid. I think he did this for the nation to be informed.

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

EX: There is a slight bias in the fact that only the negative effects of Twilight are mentioned, not the positive. 

I think there is some bias just like everything. There will always be bias but I think it’s a good article.

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

The author does cite some of his references but I don’t think it was very useful because there is no way any one can find the sources he listed. I think it does take away credibility. 

EX: The author uses Cambridge professors in his/her argument, making it stronger, as they are professors of literature. 

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

EX: I plan to use this source to support my opinion that Twilight has a negative effect on teenagers, and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources, as it has a link to an MSNBC article about this issue.

I will use most of this article because it was very informative on how it effects teens social statues. It also talks about cyber bullying and how it effects teens.