Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Online Source #4


“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 

Teen Pregnancy: TV Sex Influences Teen Pregnancy 
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)


Rick Nauert 
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 

TV Sex Influences Teen Pregnancy 
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)


Psych Central News 
Date Page was Last Revised


November 5, 2008
Date You Read It


February 4, 2012 
<URL address> (ALL of it)




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):


One of the biggest Contributor and influential on teen pregnancy is "Adolescents" it has the highest exposure to television programs that contains sexual contents.  

To be proven this fact investigations has account and it has proven that adolescents "is the first to establish a link between teenagers’ exposure to sexual content on TV and either pregnancies among girls or responsibility for pregnancies among boys"

The adolescents receive "considerable amount of information about sex through television" and it doesn't "highlight the risks and responsibilities of sex"

As stated in this article Television "play a significant role in the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the United States.”

Researches have proven that "that exposure to sex on television may influence teen pregnancy by creating the perception that there is little risk to engaging in sex without using contraceptives and accelerating the initiation of sexual intercourse."


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 
This article states that adolescents is a high contributor for teens pregnancy. The article also state that adolescent program the risk and responsibilities of sex. the article states that sex exposure on TV influences teen pregnancy by "creating the perception that there is little risk to engaging in sex without using contraceptives and accelerating the initiation of sexual intercourse. 
 
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 is Nick Nauert. he has a PHD in senior news editor. 

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. it has also of facts.  

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?
Yes the author cites references in his work. Citing his work reference didn't take away from his work.  

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source to support on my opinion on how society contribute to the teen pregnancy rates 

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