Friday, October 30, 2015

Your Sources Are Your Best Resources


After brainstorming for what I think would make a useful source for my future research paper, I finally came up with my five ultimate references that would help me create one juicy research paper. As you can probably tell... I'm excited!!! :D Thus, without further ado, lets introduce our five lucky sources that will be resources in helping me get my well deserved A.

1. "US Smartphone Use in 2015" By Aaron Smith

       A statistical report published on April 1st 2015 and conducted using a survey, this study demonstrated the new and rising “Smartphone-dependent” population that rely on their Smartphones for their internet connection, thus, multiplying the importance of such a device to the user. It was also created based on several other studies, most of which looks at more than 2000 test subjects. The Pew Research Center has said to have been looking at the sociological impact of technology since the introduction of the first millennium, proving to be an experienced source.

 URL:    http://www.pewinternet.org/files/2015/03/PI_Smartphones_0401151.pdf


2. “Generation M^2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year- Olds”  By the Kaiser Family Foundation

   Published on January 1st 2010, The Kaiser Family Foundation focused its extensive study on the youth of America (ages 8-18) and looked at the effect of technology on young people’s daily lives; this was achieved through asking questions about how children are using media, effects on social life, effects on their grades at school, and even psychological questions, such as how they usually feel at school and their relationship with their parents.

3. “Social Networking Site Use Predicts Changes in Young Adults’ Psychological Adjustment” By David E. Szwedo, Amori Yee Mikami, and Joseph P. Allen.

Published on September 1st 2012, the authors took 89 participants and interviewed them throughout a year to offer an observational, self-report and peer-report on the status of each individual, while also looking at posted pictures as predictors of psychological amendments overtime. Albeit the study could have been an alteration on what reality could be due to a possible Hawthorn effect, it is nevertheless reliable and relevant as it demonstrates how one seeks social acceptance and how when reacts when acceptance has not been achieved (depression).

 URL:   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482112/

4. “Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2013” By Thom File and Camille Ryan

Published on November 2014, the official US Census on the use of internet in the year 2013 offers an accurate, well as accurate as one can get, on the statistics of internet usage in America. This would help to create a solid understanding on the percentage of US residents who could be impacted socially by this progress in technology. It also focuses on what parts of America have more or less access and usage and how the population of the less progressive States may contrast to their counterparts in certain areas.

 URL:  https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/acs-internet2013.pdf

5. “Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality” By Andrew K. Przybylski and Netta Weinstein

Published on July 19th 2012, this study is the most important source of the bunch as it focuses on the presence of such hand-held devices, its impact on normal conversation, and one’s empathy based on observation to the given topic of conversation at hand. The results are outstanding and are in favor of the research question, and would outline how one’s relationship with the people they care about is slowly swept away once they enter the dark realms of social media. 

Now that you've seen my arsenal, other than my 2 guns right here *kisses his sad excuse for biceps*, you may now get into your happy dance knowing that a very promising research paper is under construction...


     
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