“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | Does Music Affect Teens?: Can the Music Youth Listen to Affect Their Behavior? |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Alex Keshen |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | Psychology @ Suite101 |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | Suite101 |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 26 January 2008 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 2 February 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). |
Ever since the introduction of rock and roll “Music is often blamed for influencing particular behaviors.” |
From a glance, you can see “in the media” people “are affiliated with a particular genre of music.” |
After a certain event, such as a shooting, people investigate what music the shooters, or who committed the crime, listen to. This will cause “the media” to “instill a moral panic about that particular genre of music.” |
Sociologists say that people blame the behavior based on music as being “moral panic.” |
People are built to fear something, and for some, it might be the fear of getting hurt so you become paranoid. This makes people “panic” and leads to them to “blaming a subgroup” which is “often” “the easiest thing to do.” |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): The article about music affecting teens has been written by Alex Keshen. He seems to be focusing more on the US audience because he talks about the Columbine shooting. Keshen also goes on to discuss the good and bad influences of music and takes both sides to show his perspective for both.
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? The author is Alex Keshan and he is only known as a contributor for the Suite101 website. No information on his training is stated but he has been writing articles dating back to 2008.
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?
The author isn’t gaining anything from this article and seems to only be writing this as contribution of his opinion.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There is a bias towards the positive side but he states both points in his article.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
The author uses some reference to the documentary “Bowling for Columbine, Marilyn Mason”. He also uses quotes from Sociologist Stanley Cohen and uses an excerpt from Adolescence Magazine.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
This article is good source for a positive stand point on this subject which now gives me both a positive and negative view on these subjects.
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