Topic: Screen Time (Tv, consoles, computer, phones, etc.)
Issue: Mental Health effects of screen time.
February 22; 2019 (8 February 2019). “How Much Screen Time is Too Much?”. Scripps Health. Retrieved 8 November 2019
Cheung, Celeste H. M.; Bedford, Rachael; Saez De Urabain, Irati R.; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Smith, Tim J. (13 April 2017). “Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset”. Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 46104. Bibcode:2017NatSR…746104C. doi:10.1038/srep46104. PMC 5390665. PMID 28406474.
Reichel, Chloe; May 14, Journalist’s Resource; 2019 (14 May 2019). “The health effects of screen time on children: A research roundup”. Journalist’s Resource. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
Wilkin, David Anderson, Rebecca. “What staring at a screen all day does to your brain and body”. Business Insider. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
Bates, Mary (5 June 2019). “New risk from too much screentime”. Science News for Students. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
Byeon, Haewon; Hong, Saemi; Lin, Haotian (18 March 2015). “Relationship between Television Viewing and Language Delay in Toddlers: Evidence from a Korea National Cross-Sectional Survey”. PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0120663. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1020663B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120663. PMC4365020. PMID25785449.
Also look for screen time: Depression, mental health, screen time effects on children,
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpc.13462
Addiction expert Dr. Nicholas Kardaras has a warning every parent needs to hear. Look this guy up.
Dr. Michael Gurian discusses the allure of video games and the effects of screen time on the developing teen brain.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ma2gzdTl5I
Screen time chnging the physical structure of the brain
Topic: Global Warmin
Issue: The effects of residential construction on global warming.
Topic: Cannabis (Marijuana, Pot)
Issue: Recreational Legalization
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The trick to writing well with sources is to keep them from taking over.
Create an argument of your own: an argument with your own claim, your own voice, your own design.
Source misuse: Taking material out of context and misrepresenting authors point of view, and using material without giving credit to the source.
Find issues in the news: Daily Beast, Huffington Post, The New York Times, etc.
Find sources in library databases: Good for Pro-Con statements from professionals
Magazines and Newspapers: Check “recent periodicals” in the library. Check online magazine directory and internet library
Lectures, Convos: Hearing and discussing topics can help a lot.
Personal Observations: I could use my sister for example. Lives on a computer.
Keep a research Log: search terms – good and bad, ideas and questions you have, complete bibliographical info, personal responses to these notes. MAKE AND STORE COMPLETE COPIES OF SOURCES THAT YOU MAY USE.
Kinds of sources: BOOKS
Monographs – sustained arguments on a single topic. Can sometimes find magazines with condensed articles by same author.
Anthologies: Collections of essays and articles, usually by many different writers. Cited differently than a book.
Reference books: Good for background info and specific facts about a topic. Found online and in library, can’t be checked out.
Wiki Caution: Not a scholarly publication. Contains commonly available info not scholarly info. Public can alter the information, no guarantee its true.
General Encyclopedia caution: Good for background knowledge, should not use as primary sources because they do not cover a topic in depth, its better to use specialized encyclopedias.
Kinds of Sources: Periodicals
Articles in scholarly journals: Usually published by university presses. Authors and intended readers are graduates and professors.
Articles in Magazines: Give arguments on current public issues. Aimed at educated public readership, not scholars.
Newspapers: Ideal sources for arguments. opinion columns are good for perspective pieces.
Kinds of Sources: Audiovisual materials
Find images by searching the internet, library may have a link to digital sources. Library of congresses digital collections and services (real online source)
Kinds of Sources: Websites
Include nearly every source listed. Many writers have their own individual blogs as well.
Blogs, message boards, etc.
Use keyword and phrase searching.
“Boolean” searching: broadens search by adding AND OR NOT “home size” AND “energy consumption”
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