Annotated Bibliography
Topic: How texting impact teen literacy
Thesis statement: With texting among teenagers rising immensely in recent years, research findings show that it can have both beneficial and detrimental impact on teen literacy.
Beverly Plester, Clare Wood and Victoria Bell. “ Txt msg n school literacy: does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children’s literacy attainment?” Literacy, 42.3(2008): 137-44.
The authors of this article have used various tables and graphs to explain the study’s research findings. All the three authors work as university professors at the University of Coventry. Therefore, their strong academic credentials especially in the field of behavioural psychology give authenticity to the study’s research findings. Thus, the article is credible. Although the article was published 6 years ago, it is, nonetheless relevant to the topic at hand.
Hafner, Katie. Texting May Be Taking a Toll. The New York Times, May 25, 2009. Web. 05 December 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html?_r=0>
The author has done well to include various statistics on the frequency of texting among teenagers. She has also quoted statistics on the frequency of text messaging among teenagers from other sources. The author works as a writer with The New York Times. This is a credible newspaper and as such, the fact that this article has been published on such a credible newspaper ads credibility to it. While the article may have been published 5 years ago, it is still relevant to the topic in question.
Hogan Blake, Emily Gilbert, Megan Leckington and Chris Morris. Text Messaging: The Effects
on Our Society. December 02, 2014. Web. 05 December 2014.
<http://chrislmorris.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/group-project-study1.pdf>.
This article contains several screen shots that demonstrate the effect that text messaging has on society. In addition, the authors have also used various tables, pie charts and figures to further demonstrate text messaging behaviour among teenagers. While it is quite challenging to determine the credentials of the authors, there is no doubt that they are knowledgeable about the subject matter, In addition, they have also cited credible sources in their study, and this adds credibility to their work. Moreover, the fact that the source was published in 2014 means that it contains up-to-date information.
Wood Clare, Nenagh Kemp and Beverly Plester. Text Messaging and Literacy-The Evidence. London: Routledge, 2013. Print.
In this eBook, the authors have sought to examine the relationship between texting and literacy at an academic level. The authors also note that it is the first book of its kind to explore this relationship at an academic level. All of the three authors work at the Open University’s department of Developmental Psychology. Karen Littleton is a Senior Lecturer, while Clare Wood and Kieron Sheehy are both lecturers. On the basis of the authors’ credentials, the book is a credible source whose argument can be relied on. It also contains up-to-date information, having been published in 2013.
Wood Clare, Sally Meachem, Samantha Bowyer, Emma Jackson, Luisa Tarczynski-Bowles and
Beverly Plester. “A longitudinal study of children’s text messaging and literacy
development”. British Journal of Psychology, 102.3(2011): 431-42.
Dr Clare Wood teaches at Coventry University as Professor of Psychology in Education. Sally Meachem is a renowned author, while Samantha Bowyer, Beverly Plester and, Luisa Tarczynski-Bowles also teach at the University of Coventry. The source can therefore be deemed at credible, based on the fact that the authors are leading authorities in the field of psychology. Moreover, the article has been published in the British Journal of Psychology, which is in itself a credible and renowned publication.
Works Cited
Beverly Plester, Clare Wood and Victoria Bell. “ Txt msg n school literacy: does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children’s literacy attainment?” Literacy, 42.3(2008): 137-44.
Hafner, Katie. Texting May Be Taking a Toll. The New York Times, May 25, 2009. Web. 05 December 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html?_r=0>
- Hogan Blake, Emily Gilbert, Megan Leckington and Chris Morris. Text Messaging: The Effects
- on Our Society. December 02, 2014. Web. 05 December 2014.
- <http://chrislmorris.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/group-project-study1.pdf>.
- Wood Clare, Nenagh Kemp and Beverly Plester. Text Messaging and Literacy-The Evidence. London: Routledge, 2013. Print.
- Wood Clare, Sally Meachem, Samantha Bowyer, Emma Jackson, Luisa Tarczynski-Bowles and
- Beverly Plester. “A longitudinal study of children’s text messaging and literacy
- development”. British Journal of Psychology, 102.3(2011): 431-42.