“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
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