| “Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | “Bullying May Raise Risk of Suicidal Thoughts: Study” |
| Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Mary Elizabeth Dallas |
| Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | Medline Plus |
| Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | Medline Plus |
| Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 2 March 2012 |
| Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 10 April 2012 |
| <URL address> (ALL of it) |
| 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). |
| A new study indicates that “children involved in bullying are more likely than their peers to consider suicide by the time they are 11”(Dallas). |
| This study was “conducted by researchers from the University of Warwick in England and published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Academy Of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and found that children who were bullied over a long period of time were six times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than children that weren’t bullied”(Dallas). |
| In addition to the victims, “bullies were also at increased risk for self-harm and suicidal thoughts--even those who were never victimized themselves”(Dallas). |
| Researchers have to be sure to take “into account other factors, such as family circumstances or preexisting emotional problems”(Dallas). |
| Although researchers in the study “found an association between bullying and suicidal thoughts r self-harming behavior, however, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship”(Dallas). |
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.
Mary Elizabeth Dallas writes about how a study shows that bullying may raise risk of suicidal thoughts in both the victims of the bullies, and the bullies themselves. They are more likely to consider taking their own life by the age of 11. For the study, investigators analyze bullying among more than 6,000 children ranging in age from 4 to 10, and the prevalence of suicidal thoughts when the same children were 11 and 12. Study co-author Dieter Wolke, a professor of psychology at Warwick Medical School says that health practitioners should be aware of the relationship between bullying and suicide, and should recognize the very real risks that may be evident earlier in development than commonly thought.
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.
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.
Mary Elizabeth Dallas is a writer and is author to 90 individual articles on that website alone. She is a news writer and producer with wide-ranging experience and a proven track record in television and online publishing. Web experience includes news and feature articles as well as web content. Areas of expertise include health, parenting, finance and economics. She’s been a freelance writer now for the last 5 years.
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.
No, it doesn’t seem that they have anything to gain from writing this article. It’s simply informative.
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 not really any bias.
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 references an ongoing study at Warwick Medical School, and she quotes on of the co-founders of the study who is also a professor at the school, and that gives credibility to the article.
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 on using this source to support my opinion of some of the psychological effects of bullying.
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