“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | The Psychology of Music: Effects on Behavior, Intelligence, Learning, Pain and Health |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Author: Jennifer Copley |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | Psychology @ Suite 101 |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | Suite 101 |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 25 February 2008 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 7 February 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) | http://jennifercopley.suite101.com/the-psychology-of-music-a45967 |
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). |
Music doesn’t just have effects on people but also on “animals and plants.” |
Those who listened to music such as “harp, piano, and synthesizer” experienced “less post-surgical pain” than people who didn’t listen to it. |
After research on university students the “American Psychological society” has found that there is a “link between youth violence and violent media, including music.” |
Oddly enough “sociology professor James Gundlach found higher rates of suicide among those who listen to country music.” |
Based on the studies of “Association for Psychological Science” they have found that “children who took lessons in keyboarding or singing” scored higher on the intelligence test scores. |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): The article is written by Jennifer Copley who is discussing the different studies and research conducted on finding the effects of music both physically and mentally. The research described in the article seems more focused on Americans than in other countries. They also researched the effects music had on plants and animals to see if they had the same reaction to the music.
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 Jennifer Copley. She is a feature writer on this website and is also a freelance writer, researcher, and editor with 20 years’ experience.
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 negative side stating more negative effects it has on people rather than the positive.
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 “American Psychological Society” as well as many doctors and researchers throughout her article.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
This article is good source for a negative argument.
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