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Daniel Burns
Mr. Padgett
ENGL-1102
February 24, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Inquiry: Has social media and technology led to widespread distraction and procrastination for
students?
Proposed Thesis: With the large popularity of social media, students have been facing an
increase in distraction and procrastination both inside and outside the classroom.
Rosen, Larry D., L. Mark Carrier, and Nancy A. Cheever. Facebook And Texting Made Me Do
It: Media-Induced Task-Switching While Studying. Computers In Human Behavior 29.3
(2013): 948-958. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
Dockterman, Eliana. "Shut It Down: A Digital-Detox Plan For The Holidays." Time.Com
(2013): 1. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.

In this article author Dockterman talks about how often uses a "digital detox" technique
which basically means to disconnect from social media and technology. Although her
complete focus is not on detoxing for academic reasons, she does mention it. Dockterman
writes "It's funny. I don't really look at it all that much during the semester, but for some
reason I always go on when I'm studying," Black says. "You just think you're going on to
look at your newsfeed for a few seconds, and then you spend like an hour reading
articles." after interviewing a Harvard student. This further proves my statement that
every college student knows. Social media can be very distracting when trying to
accomplish important school work. I can use this source, specifically the section that is
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directed toward academia, to enforce my argument that students often use social media as
a tool to procrastinate their school work.
Teachers Found To Avoid Social Media In Classroom. Education Week 33.18 (2014): 4.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
In this short newspaper article it explains that most teachers use social media in their
personal lives, but a very small percentage incorporates social media in their class room.
A conducted survey showed that 80 percent of teachers surveyed worried about negative
outcomes arising from the use of social networking. The few statistics that were given in
this newspaper article show that most teachers fear the result of social networking in the
classroom, and some have already experienced the repercussions. The newspaper article
is very vague and doesnt list any of the specific problems teachers fear social media will
cause. However I can use these statistics to back up my argument that social media is
harmful to students academics for its use as a distraction.
Clemmitt, Marcia. "Social Media Becoming A Worrisome Distraction." CQ Researcher 23.4
(2013): 87. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.

In this article Clemmitt explains how social media is becoming more of a distraction than
a tool. Although the articles main focus is not on academia, it makes many references to
it when referring to multi-tasking and college students. Clemmitt is arguing that the
obsession with the various social media cites is distracting the population from what
should be important. I can use this source to support my argument that social media is
used more increasingly as a distraction, and that it can be very distracting especially to
students. This article states a lot of facts debunking the argument that social media is
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more helpful to a student than a hindrance, which will be useful to me during my research
paper.
Junco, Reynol. Too Much Face And Not Enough Books: The Relationship Between Multiple
Indices Of Facebook Use And Academic Performance. Computers In Human Behavior
28.1 (2012): 187-198. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
This electronic journal is about the relationship between Facebook use and the grades of
college students. A large sample of college students were examined to find what grades
they normally get, and how much time they spend on Facebook. The results of the testing
showed that the time spent on Facebook was negatively related to the students GPA.
Junco also refers to a couple other scholarly articles written about Facebook use and
GPA, she references Kirschner and Karpinski (2010), on the other hand, found that
Facebook users reported a lower mean GPA than non-users; additionally, Facebook users
reported studying fewer hours per week than non-users referencing other scholarly
articles makes this one more credible and more useful to me. The information form this
journal relates to my topic, but it only focuses on Facebook whereas my apper is about
social media as a whole. Although I do not specifically relate the falling GPA to
procrastination and distraction, the information can still be used to support my argument
that social media distracts students.

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