“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Are you so awesome you'd friend yourself? Facebook found to be a great esteem builder |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Karen Kaplan, LA Times |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | Los Angeles Times |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | N/A |
Date Page was Last Revised | 3, March 2011 |
Date You Read It | 7 February, 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) | http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/03/news/la-heb-facebook-self-esteem-20110303 |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Karen Kaplan suggest that if individuals, "Need a pick me up, try updating your Facebook profile" (Kaplan). |
When users are need a boost in self esteem an, "exposure to mirrors, photos and recordings of one's voice encourages people to view themselves the way others see them" (Kaplan). |
After being able to view their profile for three minutes, "the students who looked at their own profiles for the entire three minutes had higher self-esteem..." (Kaplan). |
Having the ability to change their profile pictures, information, and activity on Facebook, "had higher self-esteem than students who didn't" (Kaplan). |
Since the number on Facebook's friends list are viewable to others, "the self-esteem boost may also be traced to being reminded of how many 'friends'" (Kaplan). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
Karen Kaplan a writer of the Los Angeles Times argues that Facebook is a social networking site that actually increases individuals self-esteem. The reason why self-esteem is boosted is because of the amount of access they have to change their profile and make them look prettier and more handsome than they already are. When other viewers are to view your own profile, their comments change the way you view yourself.
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?
Karen Kaplan is the author from the Los Angeles Times website. The purpose of the site is to inform readers of outside news and news that is relevant.
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 does not anything to gain from writing this. It seems as if she is only to argue and oppose those who continue to state that social networking sites decrease self-esteem.
The author does not anything to gain from writing this. It seems as if she is only to argue and oppose those who continue to state that social networking sites decrease self-esteem.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There is a bias in Kaplan's writing because she only sides with the fact that Facebook encourages self-esteem and helps individuals better view themselves. She does not talk about the negative side of Facebook at all.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Karen Kaplan sites an academic journal called the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking as well as talking about self-esteem test that have been proven to support her position on Facebook.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
This article is a counterargument that I can use in my Senior Project research paper.
Karen Kaplan sites an academic journal called the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking as well as talking about self-esteem test that have been proven to support her position on Facebook.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
This article is a counterargument that I can use in my Senior Project research paper.
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