Bailey Adams

Dr. Angela Mitchell

UWRT-1104

22 September 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Anaya, Noel. Teens Want More Education On The Electoral Process. NPR, NPR, 28 Oct. Commented [BA1]: Developed popular source

2016, www.npr.org/2016/10/28/499710906/teens-want-more-education-about-the-

electoral-process.

While we are seeing a mass apathy of the electoral process from teens, there are a lot that do

want to learn more. This NPR talks about teens who want to be more involved in the political

process. It has a point of view that the education system is the big reason for why kids will end

up either engaged or not engaged. A particular student talked about how they felt they were

prepared for voting and being a part of the process because of their awesome teacher, yet they

acknowledge that not everyone had that experience. One student even mentioned they feel like

sometimes teachers dont talk about politics because they dont want to influence how the

students vote. They also talk about how the states standards keep the social studies department

from exploring their political ideology/views. NPR is a reliable media organization. There is

definitely going to be a point of view here, as we are getting a first hand account of how these

teenagers really feel. The audience here is the education system because it says that the teacher

is an important factor in creating politically knowledgeable adults. It is definitely reliable

because not only is it NPR, but also these answers are coming from the community that I am

trying to research, so this primary source is fantastic. Because it is a primary source about my
community, that means that it is a very useful source for me. I do believe this source will appear

in my paper because of this.

Settle, Jaime E, et al. Personality, Negativity, and Political Participation. Journal of Social and Commented [BA2]: Scholarly article

Political Psychology, 2014, jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/280/pdf.

This is a scholarly article is about the levels of political involvement and how factors can change

or influence them. They specifically go over how negativity can cause a drop in voter turnout or

intent, citing studies that show negative dropped voter intent by a few percent. I would say this

is definitely a good source for me to use, because it is a scholarly article. It is reliable because it

comes from a .edu rather than a .com, and has a ton of people attached to it, which means its

been reviewed by multiple people. They also show graphs and data tables to provide evidence

for the audience to see. Speaking of audience, I would say that the target audience here is

political scientists in general, as it seems to me like it was a research assignment and they are

reporting back with data. I have a strong feeling that I will be using this resource because of its

abundance of evidence and the ethos to back it up. It is an article that will help me with my own

assignment because it looks into the causes of why people choose to be involved or not, and how

they are involved if they choose to be.

Suh, Michael. Section 5: Political Engagement and Activism. Pew Research Center for the Commented [BA3]: Reliable website 1

People and the Press, 11 June 2014, www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/section-5-

political-engagement-and-activism/.

This is a website from the Pew Research Center concerning political engagement based on

political ideology. It shows graphs and data to see which political party members tend be

involved through voting, donating, and others. Its a very interesting take on the ideologies to
see which side more involved in certain areas. For example it shows that conservatives are more

likely to contact an elected official, while liberals are more likely to work or volunteer for a

campaign. I overall think this website is a reliable source because it comes from the Pew

Research Center (.org) and has a lot of interesting data. Im not entirely sure if there is a specific

audience for this site, and it seems like it is just a general information site like the previous

source. I am not entirely sure if I will be using this article or not. I think it has some great

information on here, however I am not sure if this source is specific enough to my topic. I could

pull some information from here possibly to provide examples, however I dont think I will be

using it extensively.

Carle, Jill. 5 Key Takeaways about Political Engagement in Emerging and Developing

Nations. Pew Research Center, 18 Dec. 2014, www.pewresearch.org/fact-

tank/2014/12/18/5-key-takeaways-about-political-engagement-in-emerging-and-

developing-nations/.

This is another source from the Pew Research Center. This one goes into more detail about the

statistics and likelihood of political involvement. Rather than the US, it talks about political

engagement in developing countries and the statistics of those countries. Like the previous

source, it has graphs and charts to show their data. It shows that people are more likely to vote

rather than all of the other ways of engaging, like protesting or rallying. In fact, it shows that a

majority of people only vote as a way to engage. This isnt bad however, because it seems that

these countries have a higher turnout than we do. Again, this is a good source because it is an

article from the reliable Pew Research Center (.org) and has graphs and charts to back up claims.

The audience here is again the general political audience, as it is an informative article about

research. I am more likely to use this source more often than the last source, as this one goes
into more detail about the levels of people being involved in their countries. I think this will be a

good source for me, and provide another good way to think about things, because this is more

international rather than domestic.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/2014-midterm-election-turnout-lowest-in-70-years

http://study.com/academy/lesson/voter-apathy-definition-statistics-causes.html

http://civicyouth.org/quick-facts/youth-voting/

Patterson, Thomas E. We the People. McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.