Impacts of Social Media on Society
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Annotated Bibliography
Chen, H., Ping, S., & Chen, G. (2015).
Far from reach but near at hand: The roles of social media for cross-national
mobilization. Computers in Human
Behavior, 53, 443-451. Retrieved from http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-in-human-behavior/
Chen, Ping, and Chen suggest that the activities, emotions,
and attitudes of individuals can lend insight and context into how social media
mobilizes participation in democracy cross-nationally. They design a study to
analyze how citizens around the world use social media to be involved in social
movements and political participation. They find that the interest of social
media users in such movements and participation propagate a positive influence
of social media on society. This would provide a source in my project
describing social media use as a positive effect on society and examining how
social media can be used to change politics and create social movements.
Dhar, J., & Jha, A. K. (2014).
Analyzing Social Media Engagement and its Effect on Online Purchase Decision
Behavior. Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment, 24(7), 791-798.
doi: 10.1080/10911359.2013.876376
Dhar and Jha discover that more outgoing personalities tend
to use social media to a greater extent than others, and are easier for
companies to target as potential buyers. This study examined key elements that
contribute to online purchasing decisions: indivduals' responses to certain
questions categorize their personality, and correlate their attitude to how
they make online purchasing decisions. This study provides insight into the
affects that social media has on consumption patterns, and would be useful to
illustrate trends in spending amplified by social media.
DiStatso, M. W., McCorkindale, T., &
Sisco, H. F. (2013). How Millenials are Engaging and Building Relationships
with Organizations on Facebook. The Journal of Social Media in Society, 2(1),
66-87. Retrieved from http://thejsms.org/index.php/TSMRI
Distatso, McCorkindale, and Sisco show that organizations
should use social media to interact with and engage Millenials. These authors
create a study to analyze how Millenials communicate with organizations online
and analyzed the responses of Millenials to organization interaction over
Facebook. The article illustrates that organizations should use social media to
communicate with Millenials, that these organizations need to be open and
responsive with Millenials to cultivate a desired relationship between them,
and that each organization will connect with Millenials in different ways and
for different purposes. This source will allow me to elaborate upon how
individuals share and connect over social media today.
Houghland, C. (2014, October 6). KnowledgeWharton - Things Fall Apart: How
Social Media Leads to a Less Stable World. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-social-media-leads-to-a-less-stable-world/
Houghland writes that social media can provide benefits, but
is placing the world in a dangerous and unstable extremist environment. He
comes to his conclusions based on his experience as a CEO of a networking company,
and research. Social media is a popularity based system, and is used by
extremist groups to recruit and incite violence more quickly and effectively
than ever thought possible. This source would provide another viewpoint of how
social media affects the political realm.
Howard, J. (2012, January 29). Scholars
Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online. The
Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/
Howard
writes that researchers, librarians, and programmers are working together to
create more efficient manners of tracking research of works through social media.
She came to this conclusion by looking at how these groups’ fields connect to
altmetrics (the study of citation and usage statistics) and how they are
gathering and perceiving their data. Social media data can be used as a tool
for scholars to track the impact that their work is having on the world. This
source would provide a scholarly perspective on the functions and impacts of
social media on society and academic work.
Moffit, M., & Brown, G. (2014,
September 7). 5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now [Video
file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=164&v=HffWFd_6bJ0
Moffit and Brown acknowledge that social media has become an
integral part of society, and summarize examples of how the mass use of social
media is having an impact on the brain functions of its users. This information
was gathered through the research of scientific sources on the topic, and was
then summarized in a video. This video focuses on biological and psychological
processes of social media addiction, 'multitasking,' phantom vibration
syndrome, self-involvement, and online dating. This video's main points will
provide me with examples of impacts social media has on individuals and
society.
Newman, L. H. (2015, January 15). Social
Media Actually Isn’t Stressing Us Out, Says New Report [Web log post].
Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/01/15/pew_study_shows_social_media_doesn_t_stress_people_out_but_cost_of_caring.html
Newman
describes new findings from the Pew Research Center that vindicates the
suspicion that social media users are more stressed. Social media may lower
stress, but it can also expose us to the stresses of others and make users more
sympathetic to the tragedies of others. This blog post would be useful in my
project as proof that social media can have a positive effect on individuals
and their awareness of the world around them.
Somaiya, R. (2015, August 16). Where Clicks
Reign, Audience Is King. The New York
Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/business/where-clicks-reign-audience-is-king.html?_r=0
Somaiya
looks at how social media trends cause the creation of repetitive new stories
and articles. The world of publication of news is changed, the more clicks,
shares, and likes an article gets, the more it is perpetuated and seen by the
world, spreading the image of its creator. This leads to more repetitive facets
of news on social media and in the world. This article would be useful in my
project to illustrate how individuals can shape businesses such as newspapers
through social media use.
Temple-Raston, D. (2015, June 5). White
House Invites Millennials To Thwart ISIS’ Recruitment Efforts. Morning Edition. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/
Temple-Raston illustrates that the government is attempting
to combat extremist recruiters – since their tech-savvy levels are low, the
government has recruited millennials to use social media to fight back. The
government gives these individuals a budget to create a social media initiative
that will challenge the views of extremists. This article gives examples of the
initiatives that were created, and how they’re influencing extremist
representation, and other individuals on social media to take a stand and make
an initiative. Temple-Raston’s story will show just how governments can impact and
use social media (and its users) to their benefit.
Turk, G. (2014,
April 25). Look up [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY
Turk emphasizes that society has become enslaved to social
media; he urges individuals to disconnect from social media regularly to enjoy
life and actually communicate with others. He uses rhetoric to communicate his
personal observations of the negative effects on society of the overuse of
social media. Turk mentions how society’s over-involvement in social media
causes people to become reclusive, causes them to ignore the reality of their
life, and causes them to lead less fulfilling lives. This video will be useful
to provide a viewpoint of how social media negatively impacts society.
Example of an APA Annotated Bibliography
Rachel Bear: RachelBeardown
Reflection: After reading an annotated bibliography in my style, and in a
completely different one, I have realized that while each citation style exists
to cater to the needs of the fields they are used in, their differences create
issues when checking an unfamiliar style and understanding the citation.
While reading Jenny's APA formatted bibliography, I noticed that her example made clear that an extra space should be inserted between a citation and its summary, while mine specifically told me not to do just that. I realize that there are aspects of our style that even people who use it can't agree on - this causes more confusion when bibliographies are critiqued, as one expert may declare it perfect, while another will say that the spacing was all wrong.
In Rachel's CSE formatted bibliography, I was able to see the differences between not only our citation styles, but our fields of study. CSE style dedicates much more detail to how authors and editors are cited - which makes sense, considering that biology is a field in which credit for a study is extremely important, and that there are larger numbers of authors in labs and experiments than there are in studies of use. It was difficult to categorize some sources in CSE formatting as well; as I was checking Rachel's citations, it took me twice as long to comprehend what a source was classified as, and how each classification was cited.
Citation styles feel as if they exist only to torment those attempting to understand a bibliography. However, if you analyze each style, you'll notice how it's tailored to provide information vital to each field that it relates to, and makes it a much more relevant citation in the context of whatever text it is integrated into.
While reading Jenny's APA formatted bibliography, I noticed that her example made clear that an extra space should be inserted between a citation and its summary, while mine specifically told me not to do just that. I realize that there are aspects of our style that even people who use it can't agree on - this causes more confusion when bibliographies are critiqued, as one expert may declare it perfect, while another will say that the spacing was all wrong.
In Rachel's CSE formatted bibliography, I was able to see the differences between not only our citation styles, but our fields of study. CSE style dedicates much more detail to how authors and editors are cited - which makes sense, considering that biology is a field in which credit for a study is extremely important, and that there are larger numbers of authors in labs and experiments than there are in studies of use. It was difficult to categorize some sources in CSE formatting as well; as I was checking Rachel's citations, it took me twice as long to comprehend what a source was classified as, and how each classification was cited.
Citation styles feel as if they exist only to torment those attempting to understand a bibliography. However, if you analyze each style, you'll notice how it's tailored to provide information vital to each field that it relates to, and makes it a much more relevant citation in the context of whatever text it is integrated into.
Rachel Bear: RachelBeardown
Your annotated bibliography was fantastic--I could hardly find any errors. I, too, used the APA style to format it, yet mine looked a little bit different. I ended up using spaces in between my sources and citations, while you did not. As I was looking through yours, I found it a little difficult to differentiate between the citations and the summaries, perhaps due to the lack of "white space." However, your summaries were well-written and provided the right amount of information on each source.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read, it seems like your bibliography conforms to APA style quite well.
ReplyDeleteMy only recommendation is from a readability standpoint. Currently, the transition into the annotation itself is difficult to distinguish from the citation. The example used a different text color to make the distinct bodies of text clearly identifiable, which may work well in your case.
Aside from that, it seems like your bibliography will help organize your thoughts for your paper quite well.
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