Monday, February 6, 2012

Senior Projects Online Source # 3

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 

Teens Pregnancy and It's Effects 
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)


Not specified 
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 

Teen Pregnancy and It's Effects
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)


Article Alley 
Date Page was Last Revised


February 22, 2008
Date You Read It


February 6, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

Those the rate of  teen birth's is gradually slowing; "there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone."

Many teens pregnancy are unplanned, this increases the risks of problems for many young teens, "The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all."

Because teens mother are likely to gain sufficient weight during their pregnancy it leads to "Low birth weight which is associated with infant and childhood disorders and a high rate of infant mortality."

Problems of children born to teenage mother "are less likely to receive proper nutrition, health care, and cognitive and social stimulation. As a result, they may have an underdeveloped intellect and attain lower academic achievement."


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

This article talks about teen pregnancy and its problems and its effects it has on the teen and their infant, the article also talks about the cite effects of teens during their pregnancy that they are less likely to gain enough weight to support their infants.  the article also talks about how not having the right weight will cause a huge effects on the infant. 
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? 

Author not specified. the site is pettersamaritclealley.com the purpose of this site is inform those out their about the problems and effects that young teens mother faces. 
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? 

This article is just very informative. 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

No bias 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

The site have references. No there is no credit or credibility taken away from the cite. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I plan to use this source to support my opinion about the effects that Television shows have on young teens mind and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources provided in the site. 

Senior Projects Online Source # 2

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”

Babies are having babies: teenage pregnancy on the raise. 
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)


author: LaQuesha James and Yanet Aviles
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )

The Torch Leuzinger High school- Babies are having Babies: Teenage Pregnancy on the Rise

Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)


The Torch 
Date Page was Last Revised


Januaury 12, 2012
Date You Read It

February 4, 2012

<URL address> (ALL of it)


/489482/newspaperid/4888/Babies_are_Having_Babies_Teenage_Pregnancy_on_the_Rise.aspx





FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

searches has shown that in "the United States teenage pregnancy rate is nine times higher compared to 13 developing countries."

In comparison with all other countries around the world the United States have the highest percentage of teen pregnancy, about "More than 46% of high school students are sexually active"

Teen pregnancy rate is increasing tremendously, about  " 34% of American women become pregnant before the age of twenty."

Mas media, such as "Pop Music, reality television, and provocative music videos, negatively influence many teens to prematurely engage in sexual activity before their minds and bodies have fully developed." help influence contribute to the rate of teen pregnancy. 

The issue of teens today is that they "become sexually active without fully understanding the risks or consequences. " 


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

the article talks about teens pregnancy.it also about mass media and it contribution  to teens birth rate today. the article also talk about how the U.S is in the top of the list for having the highest rate of teen pregnancy. the articles stated that many woman today get pregnant before the age twenty 

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? 


the Author of the article is aQuesha James and Yanet Aviles.  Training not specified 


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 article is just simply informative. 
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


No bias detected 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 


No there no references citing. 
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 


I plan to use this source to support my opinion about teens pregnancy of how mass media help to contribute to the tremendous increase teen birth