Kayla Dance Adam Padgett ENGL 1102 March, 9th 2014 Annotated Bibliography Inquiry: How do children, teens,

and adults use and are affected differently by social media? Proposed thesis: Children and teens using social media experience negative effects, where adults primarily see positive effects of using social media. Barone, Diane. "Exploring Home and School Involvement of Young Children with Web 2.0 and Social Media." Research in the Schools. 19.1 (2012): 1-11. Print. Barone focuses on how children are learning to use the internet and social media at home and at school. She is a professor at the University of Nevada specializing in literacy. Her research is always fixated on children and their literacy progress. She has published many articles on the subject of children and literacy and several books. In the article, she presents the strengths and weaknesses of the impact of social media on young children and teenagers. Her research found experts that were concerned, saying that young children, who learn through their bodies, would be limited [in learning] because of their lack of physical movement. As well as that, there are pros presenting in the article, where Barone explains that older siblings also demonstrate how to engage with the Internet, social networking sites (Facebook), or virtual worldsleading the way for exploration of these sites by younger children. The article is well- written and provides many solid sources from her research. I believe she explains both sides of the argument very well, showing no bias.
Comment [AP2]: Okay, but she must be making a particular argument though. Even if a subtle on. Where does your argument fit into this conversation?

Comment [AP1]: So what is the implication here? are you saying that children shouldnt use social media, and adults should.

Menezes, Eva L. "Nonprofits and Social Media: Can Online Actions Translate Into Social Good?" University of Texas Journals (2010): 1-49. Print. Menezes explains in this report her findings of the effects of Facebook on nonprofit organizations in Texas. She starts by explaining how a Ronald McDonald House Charity was able to obtain a large beneficiary simply because they beneficiarys leader noticed them on Facebook, putting them at the top of her mind while they were deciding who to benefit. She goes on to explain a few other organizations, complete with interview quotes, user data, and other research on how Facebook can affect the way people see nonprofits. She explains that Facebook is the de facto standard for people telling their message nowadays, and how its uses can benefit people of all ages. While Menezes provides data on the social networks Facebook and Twitter, she has little other data to back up her claims on the global reach and local influence on the discussed nonprofits. Her explanations for how Facebook influences people to notice nonprofits are logical, but lack data. She does though, explain how younger children tend to ignore anything not relating to them, while adults will scan carefully through their feed and notice about anything they see, being the perfect target for ads. This is a negative effect on adults, according to the author. Xie, Bo, and Ivan Watkins. "Understanding and Changing Older Adults Perceptions and Learning of Social Media." University of Maryland (2012): 283-95. University of Maryland College of Information Studies. University of Maryland. Web. 3 Mar. 2014. Bo and Watkins explain that older adults have a much different experience with social media than young adults and children do. They show numerous examples of why and how they consume social media, starting with explaining that For Internet users over the age of 65, only 7% of them maintain a profile on a social networking site. They cite many credible sources such as the US governments internet usage statistics, and make
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Comment [AP4]: Im not clear on how this is a negative effect. Comment [AP3]: Their?

valid connections to the way older adults are accustomed to communicating. While it would be assumed that older adults may shun this new technology, it is the opposite, according to Bo and Watkins. They claim that the new social media empowers older adults to connect like never before, but that the usage numbers are low, showing that adults are slower to pick up on the technology. The rest of this selection shows a positive correlation between older adult social media usage and general social wellbeing past the age of 65.

Ruddock, Andy. Youth and Media. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2013. Print. Ruddock presents throughout his book the influence of the media on younger people, across many applications. One of these is social media, in which younger people have embraced and claimed their own. Ruddock shows that a younger population will easily embrace a change when presented early enough, as the learning curve doesnt affect their daily lives as much as it would an older, busier adult. He also cites public polls in which age groups 18-30 claim they enjoy social media, and consider it a part of their everyday, where 31+ will say it is not important, and they could easily drop Facebook without hesitation. His book shows that younger children often use Facebook for less important communication, such as casual chatting, unimportant life events, and day to day events, where adults often only share important events, such as weddings and children, and leave the day to day events in their lives off the internet.
Comment [AP5]: Okay, so what is the implication here? where does your voice and your argument fit into this conversation?

Agosto, Denise E. "Relationships and Social Rules: Teens Social Network and Other ICT Selection Practices." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63.6 (2012): 1-10. Web. 02 Mar. 2014.
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In this journal entryarticle, Agosto shows her research on the way teenagers choose which social platforms to operate on. She proposes the question what factors influence high school seniors selection of online social networks and other ICT's for everyday communication? In this, she goes on to explain the data she has found, such as a report that 93% of US teens use social networking, and that the number would be 100% if internet access was complete and universal today. Her sources are valid, and the points she makes are logical and reasonable, such as presenting her theory that teenagers will choose whatever social platform they see the most of their admired peers using, in hopes that they will connect and grow into better groups. She sees social networking for teenagers more of a way to move up the social ladder, and less of a way to connect with current friends, as that is easy enough through plenty of other means (texting, calling, meeting in person). It seems as though the author sees this as a positive means to achieve social balance, enough though she does not claim so directly. Kayla,
I think youve done some fine research here. The sources youve found are all peer -reviewed and you do a good job explaining their content and elucidating the respective authors ideas. Although, Im not getting a sense of what your thesis is or will be. The thesis you present doesnt seem very focused. If you are going to talk about the negative effects of social media on the youth, then you might want to focus on that, otherwise your thesis may seem scattered. Also, you dont really include much, if any, insight in your annotations. I really want to know where you voice fits into the conversation. I need you to be a participant, not merely a reporter. What are the implications in your source texts conversations? How are you interpreting them? Really dig into the conversation. Otherwise, good work here.
Comment [AP6]: Im not sure what you mean by a positive means to achieve social balance. What is the author suggesting if the students are only using social media to climb the social ladder? I guess I would like to see a little more analysis here. Explain why these ideas are significant to your thesis.