RJA #9 Evaluating Sources

Book:

Name(s) of author(s), editor(s), translator(s), and/or compiler(s):Elaine Smith

Title and subtitle of the book: The influence of text messaging on the social, emotional and cognitive development of adolescents

Edition number or information: Thesis/dissertation : English

Number(s) of volume used: 1

Name of series:

Place of publication:

Name of publisher :

Date of publication (copyright) : 2005

I have found this book to be very informative to my research thus far. I have been able to find a great deal about social networking and its relation to teenager's social and learning skills, but this book is the best source I have found so far on cellphones specifically text messaging impact on adolescents.

Periodical:

Author: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Title of Article:Psychiatrist warns about impact of social networking sites
Title of reference work :RxPG News
Place of Publication:
Date of Publication: June 8th, 2009
Page Numbers: 1

This article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists is a great source from the point of view from the social sciences. It explains how differently the youth born after 1995 view the world from those who were adolescents before this major and respectively new technology boom.

Tickled By Life- Main Page
The Facebook Addiction
by Anoma
Published August 29th, 2009

The Facebook Addiction blog on the Tickled By Life site explains the phenomena of Facebook addiction. This blog gives great counter argumentive information for my paper stating that young adults are not the only ones suseptable to becoming addicted to social networking communities