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Library Exercises 1, 2, 3!

Writer: Rebecca WangRebecca Wang
Oct 15, 201812 min read

Updated: Dec 7, 2018

LIBRARY EXERCISE 1

SLIDESHOW!!!



LIBRARY EXERCISE 2

2A:

Technology, Society, Communication, and People’s Response

2B:

Social Media and Self-Esteem

Social Media and Bullying

Social Media and Millennials

Social Media and Psychology

Social Media and Beauty

Social Media and Marketing

Social Media and Body Image

Phones and Lack of Small Talk

Technology and Mental Health


2C: 3 New Articles you might use for the Final Project

Already Used -


New Ones: I found a lot of various articles over the past couple weeks, so I added them all here.

2D: Bibliography, Summarization, Analyze

  1. Post MLA citations for each in a single post on your Blog. As a default, most database entries in JSTOR, for instance, offer a ‘Cite This Item’ option. As a reference: http://www.easybib.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.

  2. Briefly summarize, and then analyze how it might advance your project in an interesting way.

  3. Finally examine how the author approaches the topic, and how its characterization of the issues differs from the other articles (and/or perhaps differs from the way it was presented in our texts)

CHOSEN TEXTS:

“Politics and Ethics in Social Media”

Citation:

ARCHER-LEAN, CLARE, and HEATHER PAVITT. “Politics and Ethics in Social Media.” Social Alternatives, vol. 31, no. 2, July 2012, pp. 3–5. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=89131343&site=ehost-live

Summary:

The article discusses the various findings within the issues regarding politics online, the effect of social media on people’s behavior and knowledge sharing in the news production, and the ethical aspects of anonymous comments on social media.

Analyze How It Might Advance My Project:

Since my topic at the moment is about technology, society, communications, and people’s response, this article will advance my project in the communications and people’s response aspect because the article focuses on the political matter being passed around on the internet and how social media basically encourages people to discuss the topic. This aspect of social media is different from the business side and the mainly negative affects of social media on people’s mental health. This aspect of social media brings out the ethical difficulties in sharing and commenting. With anonymous commenting, it encourages people to be less sensitive about their speech. I can use this article to focus on how new technology, which would be social media, affects people and discuss the ethics of it.

Approach and Difference from Other Articles:

The writers of this article initially approached the topic with three main questions: “What is the democratic and wider communal participatory potential of such media? In what ways will formal institutions of governance and the representation of political agendas be compelled to exploit such media? Finally, what are some of the concerning ethical questions such media raise?” And they centered their paper around those three. They discuss how social media can be a positive tool in informing the people about topics; however, social media has the downside of negative comments and hurting members online. The approach is very different from the articles I used in my previous discussions because the authors’ approach in those are more direct. Their tones are very different in the sense that one feels more casual than the other - the journal being less casual. The articles tend to have more quotes from non-professionals, such as bloggers, and that provides a more intimate feeling in the article. Another article I used previously refers back to a study, so the article is still more casual than the journal, but it informs the audience the information in that way. They point out the important facts and summarize the research in a way that all audience can understand. The articles are very straightforward in their writing and thinking process. They don’t really raise questions and surround their article around those questions. Usually, in the first paragraph, it is clear that they will be talking about one main topic, and it was either social media and its effect on society, teenagers, and communication in general.

“The Effect of Social Media on Marketing”

Citation:

ARSLAN, Emine. “The Effect of Social Media on Marketing.” International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences / Uluslararasi Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 28, Aug. 2017, pp. CXI–CXXIII. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=126051775&site=ehost-live

Summary:

The article discusses how social networks, thanks to technology and the internet, are rising. Businesses are able to utilize social media to advertise their customers. It talks about how social media is shaping marketing in the business world, and the businesses are trying to meeting current and potential consumers’ requests and needs using the tool to promote their items. There are research and statistical findings regarding the social media effects on college students and seeing if marketing is affective, and ultimately, the finding was that the purchasing behavior of students are affected and that businesses can use it to their advantage.

Analyze How It Might Advance My Project:

This article will advance my project by revealing the positive aspects of social media and technology. This shows the researchers experiment or at the very least, their statistical findings. They created a statistical experiment and explained their methodology. They have 8 hypotheses and asked multiple college students regarding their usage on social media and their interaction with shopping online via social media. This article will point out the other usages of social media besides just sharing moments in people’s lives. Social media can assist businesses in understanding how they can please their customers and attract future consumers.

Approach and Difference from Other Articles:

This article was a literary review about a study conducted by researchers to dive deeper into the topic of whether social media would be effective for businesses. Initially, they briefly review the current situation, which would be social media in society, and then they dive into the purpose and significance of the study, so their methodology. Afterwards, they explain their findings, conclude, and discussed how the research can be utilized in efforts to improve business’s interaction with customers. The approach is very different from the articles I used in my previous discussions because the authors’ approach in those are more direct. Their tones are very different in the sense that one feels more casual than the other - the journal being less casual. The articles tend to have more quotes from non-professionals, such as bloggers, and that provides a more intimate feeling in the article. Another article I used previously refers back to a study, so the article is still more casual than the journal, but it informs the audience the information in that way. They point out the important facts and summarize the research in a way that all audience can understand.


“It’s Time to Confront Student Mental Health Issues Associated with Smartphones and Social Media”

Citations:

Cain, Jeff. “It’s Time to Confront Student Mental Health Issues Associated with Smartphones and Social Media.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, vol. 82, no. 7, Sept. 2018, pp. 738–741. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=132137452&site=ehost-live

Summary:

The article discusses research findings regarding students’ mental health that is associated with social media and smartphone usage. They include information on risk factors for stress, depression, and anxiety which are caused by social media and smartphones. They discuss how universities and colleges need to understand how to maximize the use of technology for educational and professional purposes.

Analyze How It Might Advance My Project:

This article will advance my project by talking about the negative aspects of social media. I will use the statistics they stated in the article. They mention how the usage of smartphones and exposure to social media brings on anxiety, depression, and stress for students. Students are getting carried away by their thoughts and the idea that other people’s lives LOOK better than their own. I also hope that near the end of the project, I can mention how researchers are trying to find the happy medium, where they can maximize the utility of technologies for education and professional plans, all while working with health care professionals at recognizing the signs and risks of stress, anxiety, and depression that comes in the package with technology and social media. Additionally, an interesting statement in the article was that technology has brought so many positive attributes, more positives than negatives, that instead of trying to get rid of technology, people have to adapt to it. People not only have to adapt but also have to find the medium where they are happy mentally while using it in their daily lives.

Approach and Difference from Other Articles:

This article is an journal article for the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. They approach the topic by focusing on students and their mental well-being, mentioning important stats between graduate, professional, and undergraduate students. They dive into what multiple researchers have found and tie them all together, pointing out how technology affects students, how current society, in particular political, subject users to angst and distress, and how smartphones and social media have created FOMO or fear of missing out. They understand smartphones are incorporated into the lives of almost everybody, but they want to find ways of how to reduce social media usage to improve their mental health and hopefully find that balance between social media and educational purposes. The approach is very different from the articles I used in my previous discussions because the authors’ approach in those are more direct. Their tones are very different in the sense that one feels more casual than the other - the journal being less casual. The articles tend to have more quotes from non-professionals, such as bloggers, and that provides a more intimate feeling in the article. Another article I used previously refers back to a study, so the article is still more casual than the journal, but it informs the audience the information in that way. They point out the important facts and summarize the research in a way that all audience can understand.


Exercise 3: Library Research - Old School

3 or more books or collections that can help you explore a cluster within your Final Project.

What you want to find are books you can physically get your hands on in the stacks and which have a bibliography of sources inside. You’ll be able to tell on which library each book is in, where the book is in the stacks (by its Call Number), and whether it’s been checked out. When you’re on the site, write down the Call #s for several ‘Available’ books that look interesting to you, which you plan to hunt for once you’re physically in the library.

Increasingly, many texts have digital pdf copies available of chapters or entire texts. Please feel free to use these, but also visit the Main Stacks. Often useful books are right next to the one you were looking for on the shelves.

Now, head to the library and search for your book by its call number. If you find it, pull it out and look it over. Look like a good source for one of your areas of interest? Interesting intro / overview chapter? Does it have a bibliography of sources?

If so, take a clear photo of the title page and then the bibliography. Look in particular for articles that look promising. This article can be from any type of source: magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, etc. (If you like, you can get a jump on Exercise 5 below by choosing a scholarly journal.) Once you’ve chosen a good possibility, either photocopy or take a good, digital picture of the title page of the book and of the bibliography page with the source information on the article.

Chinese Social Media: Social, Cultural, and Political Implications

  • Stacks; HM1206 .C473 2018




Adolescents and Their Social Media Narratives: A Digital Coming of Age

  • Stacks; HQ799.2.I5 W35 2018



Same-Sex Marriage and Social Media: How Online Networks Accelerated the Marriage Equality Movement

  • Social Research Library; HW1034.U5 G53 2018

Social Media and Morality: Losing Our Self Control

  • Digital PDF

Social Media Marketing: Emerging Concepts and Applications

Young People, Social Media and the Law

  • Digital PDF

Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion

  • Stacks; HM742 .A4156 2018



 
 
 

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