Samuel Dunbar

Professor Hofmann
English 1102
18 March 2014
Annotated Bibliography
"The impact of media on vulnerable children and adolescents." ranzcp.org. The Royal Australian
& New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, n.d. Web. 18 Mar 2014.
<https://www.ranzcp.org/Files/Publications/ps72-web-version.asp>.

This article discusses both the positive side and negative side, of the impacts of media on
adolescents. It begins with general benefits, such as education enhancement, greater access to
general information, access to health related information, and even some increased physical
activity. However, the article, quickly turns to the negative impacts that technology can have. It
discusses topics that technology and the internet can cause such as, problem internet use,
sexualization of children, cyber-bullying, and aggression. The article then continues to list and
discuss what is currently being done about these issues, and how to help those affected.
This source is important to my paper, because it focuses in on some really bad problems
that technology can cause. Many sources talk about why technology is bad for social
development, but this article lists specific problems, situations, and conditions, that can be a
result of technological and social media use. The downside to this is that this article focuses
primarily only on the negative and almost not at all on the positives. While it does list some
positive effects technology can have, there was not nearly as much research done on the positive
side, as the negative. This article gives a quite biased opinion of technologys effects on
adolescents, and could have been much more useful if it had not done so.
This is a credible source because it has been published by a college for Psychiatrists, for
two different nations. Written and reviewed by many different professionals with PhDs in this
field. The college that published this, was a government owned and supported college as well.
Also, the article has the the emblem from the college imprinted upon it, to show that it is official.
The article has a very good reference page, complete with other related academic studies and
journals. It supports each of its claims with facts and citations to prove them.

Keller, Maura. "Social Media and Interpersonal Communication." Social Work Today. May/June
2013: 10. Web. <http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/051313p10.shtml>.

This article is about social networking sites and the effect that they have on interpersonal
relationships. It really brings to light, how much technology has been integrated into our lives,
giving quite a few good examples, and several great points. One of these points the article
makes, is that we have actually become more social, since the recent development of this new
technology, we are simply just communicating in different ways. This being a magazine for
social workers, it does quite a good job of examining the social aspect of technology quite in
depth. Some of the major effects of technology on our social behavior have been very
meticulously outlined and explained in the article. It goes on to focus on the specific types of
relationships developed through use of the technology, and how theyre different from
traditionally developed relationships.
This article does give really good information, and it offers a unique perspective (that of a
social worker) on technologys effects on interpersonal relationships. This article contained a lot
of good, well cited, information, on different aspects of the topic. Although, it did have many
citations and quotes, there were few statistics listed in the article, which I had hoped for more of.
Being lots of quotes in the article, I was saddened to find that many had come from the same
source, so the article really only offers a narrow view on my topic. This article is relevant to my
topic, because it talks about technologys effects on interpersonal relationships, which is a large
part of my topic. The one thing that made it a less viable source for me, was the fact that it didnt
specifically focus on adolescents. The article focuses just on the relationships of people in
general.
One reason I know that this article is credible, is because it is published in a very well
known and well respected magazine, Social Work Today. This is a magazine specifically meant
for social workers, and since it is being read by professionals in the field, there is a high chance
that if there is something wrong, it will be caught by one of the readers. Another reason it is a
credible article, is because of all of the citations. The majority of the quotes in the article come
from a man named Paul Booth, who has a PhD in his field. The article goes on to cite several
other people with PhDs, and that should be a sign that it is a credible article, since multiple
doctorate holders are contributing to it.

Lenhart, Amanda, Sousan Arafeh, Aaron Smith, and Alexandra Macgill. United States. The
National Commission on Writing. Writing, Technology and Teens. Washington, D.C.:
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008. Web.
<http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED524313.pdf>.

This source is a document titled Writing, Teens and Technology. It was issued by The
National Commission on writing; the document cites examples of student writing involving
technology, and outside of academics. It then compares the writing that the students do here to
that of their academic standing and their academic writing. The article talks about how teens are
writing now, more than ever, and it examines the academic effect this writing is having on them.
It compares the students views and examples of writing outside the classroom, to what they have
been writing in school. It also talks about how this writing has changed communication among
teens, and how this could affect their communication with one another. Overall this article offers
a view on how, technology commonly used for social interaction, via writing, can impact how
the student may perform or write in the classroom.
This is a good article, because it lists many, many statistics, which could be used in my
paper. It also gives quite a few good graphs and charts to show the correlation between
technology and writing. On top of that, it offers lots of great information about how technology
effects teenagers writing abilities, which, in turn, affects the way that they communicate with
one another. This article, while it did do a fantastic job of focusing on technology and its effects
on adolescents, it left out one key component of my inquiry topic; relationships. The article
would have been of much greater use, had it focused more on the relationships between
teenagers, and how technology can affect those relationships.
This is a very credible article, because it was written by The National Commission on
Writing. They are a nationally accredited commission, and are closely related to the College
Board, the business in charge of developing and administering the SAT. Beyond that, this
particular document has been published on a government website, so the source must be
trustworthy enough for the government to publish it on their own website. Also there are many
citations and facts listed throughout the article, giving the statements and claims made, some
support.

Price-Mitchell, Marilyn. "Generation Tech: The Good, Bad, and Scary." Psychology Today. 14
Nov 2012: n. page. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-
moment-youth/201211/generation-tech-the-good-bad-and-scary>.

This article focuses specifically on the physiological effects of technology on the
adolescent mind. One major topic focused on in the article, is how teens tend to focus a lot on
what their peers think of them, and how they can ensure that they are viewed in a positive
manner. The author then focuses in on how technology has affected this physiological
phenomenon among teens, and how they have transferred this desire over to social networks. She
then talks about how social networks allow teens to practice life, and let them take on new
identities. She then lists several shocking facts about teens and technology usage, and then brings
the article back to the overall effects of technology on adolescent social development.
This article will be useful to me, because it focuses specifically on adolescents and
technology. Although the article does not focus primarily on their relationships, it does cover
how technology affects them mentally. The individual mental effects can be transferred over to
how teens interact with one another. How they want themselves to be viewed, in life and online,
has a strong impact on how they will go about interacting with their peers. There are also many
good statistics in this article that I will be able to include in my paper, to help support my points.
I know this article is credible, because the author has a PhD in Psychology, the very
subject that the article is about. The article will also be read by other psychologists/psychiatrists
in the field, who would be able to determine if there was any misinformation in the article. When
an article written in a magazine will be read by professionals in the field, it is often very
accurately written, as to make sure that everything is correct, and the magazine company will not
be discredited. Another way to tell that this is a valid and credible article, is the citations that the
author uses. Most of her citations are to credible studies, or other professionals in the field with
PhDs.

Purcell, Kristen, Lee Rainie, Carly Lindauer, and Judy Buchanan. "Technology Plays a Good-
and Bad-Role in Teen's Research Habits." National Writing Project. N.p., 1 Nov 2012.
Web. 18 Mar 2014. <http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3984>.

This article discusses the effects of the internet in general, along with other technologies
effects on the upcoming generation. Many teachers are interviewed and asked if this new
technology is helping students, or hurting students more. The majority responded that it had
overall positive effects, however it was creating a new generation with a dramatically shortened
attention span. The majority of the article is just results from various surveys done on educators
across the country, about students, and the impact technology has on them. Although mostly just
survey results, the article also contains direct imput from many different educators.
I will be able to use many of the results from the surveys done in this article, in my essay.
This article gives a first hand account of what teachers feel and think about how technology is
impacting their students. Since teachers spend the most amount of time with multiple teenagers
per day, it would make sense that they would notice the largest change that technology has
evoked. This article does a good job of explaining the effects of technology on adolescent
writing, but doesn't focus as much on the relational changes it may have caused. The article
would have been much more useful if it had focused a little more on changes in adolescent
relationships and changes in adolescent communication.
I know that this is a legitimate source mostly because of the many different citations. The
authors cite every study or article that they reference. The article also has many first hand
accounts, and interviews, with real teachers, making their allegations even more credible. The
article was also published on a website about writing, which makes it seem more likely that the
authors would know what they were talking about. The last thing that makes this article seem
more credible, is the multiple authors. An article with multiple authors is more likely, to be
revised multiple times, by multiple people, to make sure that all of the information is correct.