English 102-Henry Lee

Assignment 13-Henry Lee

2012-04-11T23:20:00.000-07:00

Concern: I want to learn about how Facebook is so popular and how it grew so fast in so little time.
Audience: Portfolio readers
Who is affected: Me, Portfolio readers, You (Sarah)
Who do sources address: Sources address the general public because they are mainly researchers who gathered information about my topic and published their findings for anyone to see but mainly academic users.
Who do I address: My main focus in my essay is to address the portfolio readers and myself since I researched and got my information from my sources, so I am combining all of my findings into one research paper.
Controlling purpose: Facebook was launched in February, 2004 and now has over 845 million users and counting. The purpose of this paper is to identify why the millions of users who log onto Facebook each day are doing it. Also I will be analyzing its effect on teenagers as well as a in-depth look into Facebook, and compare it to other social media sites. I will accomplish my purpose by using sources and incorporating my interpretation and analysis.

Assignment 12- Henry Lee

2012-04-05T08:53:00.002-07:00

Stakeholders in Social Media essay:

Me- I am a stakeholder because this is my research paper so I have the most to lose-if I don't pass the portfolio review.
Individual social media sites- These sites are the reason I am writing this essay, in order to answer my research question I need to address these sites. I will consider their viewpoint by address the positives that social media sites have on teens because these sites aim to provide an online medium where their members can feel safe and comfortable while browsing their sites.
Teenagers- Teens have a stake in my essay too because they are the demographic I am targeting in my essay so they are stakeholders. I will consider the viewpoint's of teenagers because I can relate to them and our viewpoint can help the readers gain a better understanding of my topic.
Parents- Parents' are always trying to protect their children and sometimes they get into bad situations on these social media sites, so they too play a role in my discussion.
Advertisers- Advertisers are the reason most social media sites are free, so they obviously put a lot of their advertising dollars into these sites, hoping to gain customer awareness and attract potential customers. The viewpoints from advertisers are important since they are the ones who are paying sites tons of money to get the attention of their users.
All of my sources- Every one of my sources that I have included in my essay all have a stake in this paper because I am using the information they provided me to compose a research essay so if the information on the sources aren't right for any reason, the source will then become less trustworthy. The viewpoints of my sources are important and I will be using most of them to support my argument or idea.
Teachers- I included teachers in general because I wanted to get their prospective in my essay so the portfolio readers can relate or disagree with what other teachers like themselves think about the topic. I will consider the viewpoints of teachers because I was always mad whenever they told me to get off social sites while in high school, so I can use their viewpoints to help address my research topic.

Schools- Schools are an important stakeholder since many of the public schools all throughout high school have internet restrictions that don't allow students to access social media sites while using their network because they effect student productivity. I will consider the position of school because I want to know how their reason behind restricting internet access.

My purpose in addressing these stakeholders is to improve my research paper and fulfill one of the basic requirements of this research paper. So by addressing these stakeholders I am hoping to have fulfilled their expectations, and address and solve the problems that occur in my essay. I think my stake in this paper is the same as the teenagers, who I included as a stakeholder because I want to know how these sites affect teenagers in all aspects and if I should be more aware of certain habits since I use social media sites everyday.

Assignment 11-Henry Lee

2012-04-03T09:46:00.001-07:00

Part 1: After going through and reading the feedback I received from my peers I highlighted some main areas that needed work. They are; being more specific with my research question because as it stand right now, it's too broad. Also I need to go more in-depth on the topics I discussed because many comments told me that I left them with questions after reading my essay which is never good, especially in a research paper. Finally, I need to introduce my sources by using the hamburger method because I can't just assume that my audience knows who each of my sources are. In terms of the goals outlined in our Student Guide, I have a lot of work to do in revising my essay to make these goals achievable. To further develop my ideas I need to do go back to some of my sources and gather more information for my audience so they can understand the complete picture of what I am trying to write.

Part 2: While I re-read my draft I took notes on the bullet points that you had us answer and this is what I came up with- The main purpose in my essay is to inform the readers of the ways that social media has changed the lives of teenagers, and this is important because it seems like everyone around the world has used a social media site and the sites are exponentially growing with users, with the majority of them being in the teenage age range. During this first draft I used nine sources because I wanted to diversify my readers with the different perspectives from these professionals. A change in my essay I need to make is how I introduce my sources because right now I am only providing the names of the sources without properly giving background information on how they relate to my topic, for all they know all of my sources could be homeless people (you never know!). In my next draft I don't think I will be needing additional sources but I do need to gather more in-depth information from the sources I already have. Some of the topics that I need to develop include; online privacy, Facebook, and ultimately I need to come up with a research question that will allow me to address it within my essay. I should include online privacy because it has been in the news a lot because parents' are concerned about the online safety of their children. I want to go more in-depth with Facebook because I left my readers wanting more in my paper so if I can address more about this topic then it will strength my essay. I have been using my sources in order to back up my main ideas in each paragraph but like I said earlier I need to introduce them better so my audience can get a feel for who the author is and how they are relevant to the corresponding topic. So by addressing these issues I feel like I will have a much cleaner and easier to read research paper that will be more complete.

Assignment 8-Henry Lee

2012-02-29T23:55:00.000-08:00

Author Ruzich uses sources to develop ideas by using them as her main sentences in her paragraphs rather than supporting her ideas, I think she takes the information directly from her sources and uses them as the main ideas in her essay. So her sources contribute to her essay by providing her audience with interesting ideas and facts as the main focus in her paragraphs which makes me as a audience member, stay interested in what information she has to present. An example of how Ruzich uses a source to do more than support her claim is on page 428, where she quotes "The number of Starbucks locations worldwide could someday rival the total number of McDonalds' restaurants." She uses this source to lead into her thesis, and by using that quote she knows that she has gotten the attention of her audience and drew them into her paper. Another example is on the bottom of page 429, she uses a quote about how the early civilizations who had control of the coffee bean became a strong nation. But this is misleading because she then writes about how the controllers of the coffee production were only improving their own lives and often at the expense of the people who actually grow and harvest the crops. Again, on the middle of page 430, she begins explaining how the World Bank was trying to support Vietnam's developing coffee industry but then leads into a point where she is saying that the World Bank was enticed to support Vietnam because they had cheap labor costs and when combined with low quality beans then the beans would be very cheap to produce and therefore can make high profits off of them. Lastly on page 431, she says that "four multinational corporations dominate world markets, accounting for 40% of the coffee trade." This information that she uses from her source is good information but in the next sentence she adds that Dunkin' Donuts still sells more coffee than any specialty retailer. I think she likes to keep her sentence structure unpredictable to keep her audience "on their toes" while reading her essay. So after doing this assignment I have realized that the tradition usage of sources isn't the most productive way in getting the readers attention, and also to use sources as the main idea in a paragraph is much stronger than using my own ideas as the main idea. I think Ruzich uses her sources almost as a backbone for her essay and that she uses her own ideas and thoughts to supplement the information that are in the sources.

Assignment 7-Henry Lee

2012-02-28T09:50:00.002-08:00

Reflection:
     After the in class activity, I realized that the judicial system at the University at the Pacific weren't adequately trained to handle sexual assault cases like the one of Beckett Brennan. Also, I learned that 95% of sexual assaults on college campuses aren't reported, which is a scary thought because what if a close friend of mine was sexually assaulted but never told anyone? That would make them feel very uncomfortable at the university and would most likely interrupt their learning at the school. Something I didn't realize about the story was why the school didn't bring in police to help them determined the consequences that the perpetrators should receive, and for the two players who were allowed to return to the school and play basketball again is just wrong. I would never want my university represented by some people who were involved in a sexual assault, it just wouldn't be right. As for my own research process, I learned that I need to be through in my research and find all evidence necessary to compose a great research paper that will pass at portfolios.

Application:
   In my annotated bibliography there are several perspectives that are presented, but there are also some that are left out since I only used ten sources. To me a perspective is the different views about my topic that I am researching about, which is social media and I am trying to figure out if it affects the way teenagers communicate. Many of my sources on the AB had the perspective of an adult researching about social media and if it changes teenage communication. Also a few of my sources had the perspective of teenagers and why they choose not to use social media, a majority of them said the main reason was a lack of motivation or poor use of their time. Another perspective one of my sources has is the outside researcher's perspective, which includes focusing on why teens use these sites and what they found was that they used them to build new relationships with people that share the same interests and build on their existing relationships as well. Although I have many perspectives on my topic, there are still some that got left out. Off of the top of my head I can think of a parent's perspective, a teacher's perspective, and a grandparent's perspective. These three are important to add because many parents and almost all grandparents have never used social media sites since they have just become widely popular within the last decade so they never had the opportunity to use them when they were teens. I also want to include a teachers' perspective because it seems like a lot of teachers don't like teens being on Facebook or texting on their cell phones when their in class because they see it as a distraction, so I want to see if the new era social media sites help or harm a teens communication skills.
     By my research so far I would say that the story being told is the one that's about all of the different social networking programs out there and how most teens are spending a lot time of them and how it helps or harms their communication with others in their offline lives. As I said before some perspectives that I would consider are parents, teachers, and grandparents since I feel like they are all important and would provide my essay with a diversified group of perspectives. Also I could consider adding the psychology field to my essay because it would provide some solid evidence to show if a teens communication is affected by their use of social networking sites.
     An example of a researcher's perspective I have as a source is "topic is that they perceive teenage usage of social media to help build and keep relationships." And that shows that the study they completed shows a big reason on why teens use the social media sites. Another example I have is from a teenager's perspective on why they don't use these sites, "The most popular reasons were: lack of motivation, poor use of time, preference for engaging in other activities, and cybersafety." Again, here's an example of a researcher's perspective, "The study showed that they are using these communication tools to reinforce existing relationships, with friends and partners. The article also makes a point by saying that online content in general can be both positive and negative depending on the context." As you can see I have multiple perspectives already on my AB but I will continue to look for different perspectives because the more I have, the stronger my essay will be. So to reflect on my work so far, I would say that I have a good start on my project but I need to specify a couple words in my research question to make my project more narrow so I can stay on task without needing to include a million different pieces of information. Also I think that I will use almost all of the sources that are on my AB since I spent a good amount of time looking them up. Finally, I think that with continued research on my topic, my essay will be very strong and pass the portfolio review at the end of the year.

Assignment 6 FINISHED-Henry Lee

2012-02-16T10:02:00.000-08:00

Do online social networking sites affect the way teenagers communicate?

1.) Espinoza, Guadalupe, Keveri Subrahmanyam, Natalia Waechter, and Stepanie M. Reich. "Online and Offline Social Networks: Use of Social Networks by Emerging Adults." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 29.6 (2008): 420-33. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397308000713>.

This source studies how people's activities on these sites relate to their offline networks. What they found was that teens use different online contexts to build different aspects of their offline connections. The authors' perspective on this topic is that they perceive teenage usage of social media to help build and keep relationships. This source will help me develop my ideas by giving me statistics about how many teens use the internet to communicate and how cyber bullying kept some of them away from this medium.

2.) Baker, Rosland, and Katherine White. "In Their Own Words: Why Teenagers Don't Use Social Networking Sites." CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 14.6 (2011): 395-398.

This article surveyed a sample of Australian teens for the common non-use of social networking sites. The most popular reasons were: lack of motivation, poor use of time, preference for engaging in other activities, and cybersafety. The author's perspective is that they wanted to find out why some teens weren't using popular social media sites that most people their age can't get enough of. This source will help my research because I have information about why some teens decide not to use this form of communication while researching a different geological demographic rather than just teens in the States.

3.) "Pew Finds 55% of American Teens Use Social Networking Sites.(Pew Internet Project)(Brief Article)." Internet Business News, Jan 8, 2007, (2007):

This source took a survey of American teens aged 12-17 years old and concluded that 55% of Internet-usage were from teens on social networking sites. It also concluded that older teenage girls use the social networking sites to stay connected with friends, whereas boys use the sites to make new friends, and over 50% of users have some form of restricted access to their profile. The founder of the survey wanted to gain insight on the usage of social networking sites among teenagers in America. This article will help provide statistics about the American teenage population and their online usage.

4.) Subrahmanyam, Kaveri, and Patricia Marks Greenfield. "Online Communication and Adolescent Relationships." The Future of Children, 2008, Vol.18(1), P.119-146, 18.1 (2008): 119-146.

The source examined the adolescents' relationships with friends and strangers in the context of their online interactions. The study showed that they are using these communication tools to reinforce existing relationships, with friends and partners. The article also makes a point by saying that online content in general can be both positive and negative depending on the context. The author's perspective on the social networking topic is that they agree that it is a good transformation and we should use it because of the betterment of technology. I will use this source to help me focus on why teens go on networking sites and how schools try to limit the communication in educational settings.

5.) Pourcain, Beate St, William Mandy, Jon Heron, Jean Golding, George Davey Smith, and David Skuse. "Links Between Co-occurring Social-Communication and Hyperactive-Inattentive Trait Trajectories." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 50.9 (2011): 892-902.

This study studied the link between hyperactive inattentive traits and autistic social communication impairment. The study found that two social communication trajectories and four hyperactive-inattentive trait trajectories. The author of this source wanted to study how the communication of autistic children and teens had an impairment. This will help my because of the different perspective on autistic teens compared to non-autistic ones.

6.) Ahmad, Ateeq, and Ahmad. "Social Network Sites and Its Popularity.(Report)." International Journal of Research and Reviews in Computer Science, April, 2011, P.522(5), (2011): 522.

This article examines the popularity of social networking sites. The main goal is for these sites to help people who share the same interests and activities connect. The article is mainly to see which network sites are most commonly used by the internet audience, and how they have become increasingly popular throughout the last couple of years. The authors perspective on this topic is that they want to provide basic information about social networking sites. This article will assist my research because I can use the information given (facts) to backup my main topics in my paper.

7.) Eden, Sigal, Eden, and Tali Heiman. "Computer Mediated Communication: Social Support for Students with and Without Learning Disabilities.(Report)." Educational Technology & Society, April, 2011, Vol.14(2), P.89(9), 14.2 (2011): 89.

This article was about the relationships between the usage of four kinds of computer mediated communication by students with and w/o learning disabilities. And what it found was that the usefulness of CMC for social activities and support were mainly positive among students. The author's perspective was that they researched a large number of people and concluded that CMC's are useful for students with and without learning disabilities. This will help provide diversity in my research because I can include students who are learning disabled.

8.) Mikami, Amori Yee, David Szwedo, Joseph Allen, Meredyth Evans, and Amanda Hare. "Adolescent Peer Relationships and Behavior Problems Predict Young Adults' Communication on Social Networking Websites." Developmental Psychology, 46.1 (2010): 46-56.

The article was about a study examining the online communication on social networking web pages. The participants' social and behavioral adjustment was assessed when they were 13-14 and found that they were more likely to be using social networking later in their lives. The studies concluded that the continuation of their habits in their offline lives are apparent in the online domain.The author of this article wanted to research the relationships between the online and offline lives of teens. This will help me because it directly relates to my topic by saying that teenage communication stays relatively the same between online and offline worlds.

9.) Wang, Jinliang, Wang, and Haizhen Wang. "The Predictive Effects of Online Communication on Well-being Among Chinese Adolescents.(Report)." Psychology (Irvine), July, 2011, Vol.2(4), P.359(4), 2.4 (2011): 359.

The article was about a study done on Chinese adolescents. The study found that online communication was positively correlated to their well-being. It also found that boys benefit more from online communication than do girls. The authors wanted to see what effect online communication had on teens in general by studying the Chinese demographic. This source will help me because it shows that online communication enhances the lives of boys more than girls and I can write a subtopic on this.

10.) Eastin, Matthew. "Teen Internet Use: Relating Social Perceptions and Cognitive Models to Behavior." CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8.1 (2005): 62-75.

This article was about a study on why individuals adopt some online behaviors and not others. The survey included 173 high school students and found that social perceptions influence self-regulation. I think the author wanted to see the correlation between what teens do online and their behavior. This source is useful for me because it helps my research because communication can be related to behavior most times.

Assignment 5-Henry Lee

2012-02-14T09:52:00.000-08:00

Reflection: After changing up my research question to emphasize inquiry I realized that the previous question was far too general and wasn't worded to help me develop ideas towards it. As I worked on revising my research question I kept asking myself is this what I want to research because I didn't want to be stuck composing an essay that I wasn't interested in. But as of now, the research question that I have chosen is my main focus. In my original question I used the word "we" and I realized that it was way to general and I needed to focus in on a certain age group or a group of individuals. So I used teenagers instead which I think is a much more specific target group to research which will lead to a better end result. So as I begin to research my new question I assume that I will be able to find much more specific information pertaining to social networking and how it has transformed the way teenagers communicate.

OLD QUESTION: "How has social networking changed the way in how we communicate?"

NEW QUESTION: "How has social networking transformed communication for teenagers?"

Summary: The article I read was about how technology has become more important in the lives of adolescents. As a whole adolescents are heavy users of electronic communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, and text messaging. The article examined the adolescents' relationships with friends and strangers in the context of their online interactions. The study showed that they are using these communication tools to reinforce existing relationships, with friends and partners. The article also makes a point by saying that online content in general can be both positive and negative depending on the context. A specific example that it uses is that teens can find help on homework on information websites but they can also "encounter racism and hate messages." The article also states that electronic communication is enhances peer communication at the expense of the parents, who might not know what their children are doing online. Finally, the article also analyzes the school aspect, and this is apparent because schools across the country are trying to eliminate the negative uses of the Internet and cell phones while in educational settings while trying to sustain their positive supplements and social connections.

Source: Subrahmanyam, Kaveri, and Patricia Marks Greenfield. "Online Communication and Adolescent Relationships." The Future of Children, 2008, Vol.18(1), P.119-146, 18.1 (2008): 119-146.

How will I use source: After reading the article about online communication and adolescent relationships I realized that the research question I have generated is much better than my previous . I will be using this source to develop my ideas by using quotes, in-text citations and the general idea of the article to improve my essay. This article has many great sections that I would insert in my essay because it relates to my thesis very well. Obviously the source I chose will have a great impact on my paper because it contains much of the information that I was looking for while research my keywords on the databases. After doing some research on the credibility of the source, I found that Patricia Greenfield recieved her Ph.D. from Harvard University and is now working at UCLA's department of psychology. Kaveri is also a professor working at UCLA in the College of Natural and Social Sciences Department of Psychology. So I think that since the article is written by college professionals, I have no reason to not give credibility to this source.

Assignment 4b-Henry Lee

2012-02-09T09:53:00.000-08:00

     The question I tested out was "How has social networking changed the way in how we communicate"? The terms that I researched on included; social networking and communication, communication, Facebook, twitter, four square, changes in communication, and Google plus. Some trends that I noticed while on the libraries webpage are that social media sites and app are revolutionizing the way us humans communicate with each other and companies also use these services to communicate with their customers. One of the most noticeable trends I saw was that almost all of the articles I looked over were peer-review. This is an important factor because this usually means that the article is likely to be recent.
     After learning about how to use the library databases and spending a little outside class time really showed me that the amount of articles that I have access to is limitless and no matter what keywords I search for, something interesting will likely be found. I think I like the article search better than the book search because the book search returned a lot of results but they were all scattered and not as easy to find what I am looking for. So as we continue to learn about inquiry and how to research our questions, I believe that many sources from the library database will be on my works cited page after completing my research paper.
     So from here I will have many other sources of information rather than relying on Google for all of my information. Also the book search that is provided will also aid in my preparation because I can look up all of the books I need for my topic before I go check them out at the library and this will save me time. Finally I think that any good question that can lead to inquiry will have many results but I just need to know what keywords will trigger the right articles and books to be searched for.

Assignment 4-Henry Lee

2012-02-06T15:04:00.000-08:00

How has cell phones changed how we communicate?
How do internet crimes steal our identity/money?
Should college athletes get paid?
Do food labels need to have more information?
Should we legalize all illegal immigrants?
What effect does the media have on the American public?
Should parents be held responsible for the actions of their children?
Why do patient people have road rage?
Should the legal drinking age be reduced to 18?
Should textbooks used in schools be censored?

Assignment 3- Henry Lee

2012-02-02T09:59:00.000-08:00

William Bryson is an American author that writes humorous books on travel and both the English language and science. He was born in Iowa but then moved to Britain for the majority of his adult life and finally returned to the States in 1995, and then moved back to Britain in 2003. I think his potential audience is educated people of the English language who are looking to read well written books while throwing in some humor in his writing. While looking online I couldn't find anything about the themes of Bryson's writing so I can't comment on them right now.
I think Bryson's project would fit our academic model very well because in the book he is writing in unconventional ways that normal writers wouldn't attempt but since he is very skilled he is able to research and present what he knows, which makes it seem like a bunch of combined research papers placed into a book. Bryson's writing represents inquiry in his At Home book because the dictionary definition for inquiry is the seeking of information by questioning and I didn't see that in his writing.
I understand the word inquiry well and my understanding of the word means to find answers. An example from the text is on page 69 of the book where he is talking about a previously written novel by another author and he learned more about that text through inquiry. Another example is on page 72, where Bryson is talking about the history of refrigerators and how before they were invented we could only keep foods cold by keeping them in ice. Bryson's book is focusing each chapter on different rooms in his house where he inquires about the history of different things in each room and these were just a couple examples.
After reading this excerpt, no questions directly pop into my head but I think that I should research more about who his is and read other texts from him.

Assignment 2-Henry Lee

2012-01-31T10:49:00.000-08:00

The argument that Davis and Shadle make is that the traditional research paper method isn't effective and shouldn't be used anymore. The two are arguing that the modernistic research methods are better for the writer and helps them develop more as a writer than the tradition methods would. They seem to say research writing is a common paper that is written by 84 percent of first-year composition courses and 40 percent of advanced composition courses.
I think Davis and Shadle's proposal for research writing is better than the traditional research papers as stated in many books and journals that assist students on how to compose a research paper. This paper helped me understand inquiry-based research writing a lot more because before this article I didn't know of any other ways to compose a research paper that differed from the traditional methods. My ideas about research has changed since reading this essay because I think that their proposed ideas are intriguing. The types of projects that would fit into this model for research writing would be creative writing courses and advanced composition courses could use this model to deepen the education for their students by providing them a new way of looking at research writing by combining different mediums and genres.

Assignment 1- HLee

2012-01-26T09:28:00.000-08:00

After reading "The Media Affecting Teenage Rebellion" essay, I found many similarities to the lists that we composed during class on Tuesday. Most of the topics that were discussed during class were apparent in the student's essay about how media affects teenage rebellion. A few specific examples are; brainstorming, citations, facts, timeline, information, organization, and time. Before any essay, a writer must brainstorm about what they want to write about and during this time, the writer can also start using organizational skills to compose a better essay. The use of citations were also apparent in the essay because any research paper is going to need information that the writer has gotten from a source. An example of this is on page 2, where the writer uses a quote from a book, "Adolescence has been shaped by both education and urbanization" (Busholtz 141). The writer uses a timeline as a list to better organize his thoughts and ideas so his audience can better understand his topic and corresponding research. Lastly, research essays will require many hours of gathering information before a writer can compose a thorough and accurate research paper.
The student's works cited page contains seven different sources that they used to find information about their topic. The student writer used both an online database like; EBSCO and ProQuest, and a book called "Social Marketing Campaigns and Children's Media Use." Most of these sources were used to back up the facts and points that the writer was trying to tell their audience. By using a source to back up a point gives their audience a sense of trust in the information that they are reading. The composer of this specific essay does a good job of used multiple sources in several paragraphs making their argument stronger and their point more valid.
The research question being discussed is "Does the media affect teenage rebellion?" This didn't surprise me since it would make sense that a person late in their teenage years would want to learn about how why people in their adolescence years will want to rebel because we have all gone through that stage in our lives. The writer defines adolescent as "Somebody who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult" (Page 2). Many students that attend this university are still stuck in this stage of their lives. A statement that the writer makes is the fact that "most teenagers do not give the media any recognition for influencing them, but consider peers and parents the primary influences on behavior." I agree with their point after reading their essay because all of the information was backed up by strong quotes throughout the essay.
My opinion about the style of writing that this student used falls under the academic genre because they are presenting their ideas in a form of a research essay rather than a comic because it wouldn't be appropriate to do so. This does not surprise me since I was assigned this reading from my English 102 teacher. The essay itself also fits the model of research writing that I expect, which is facts backed up by sources and online research.