Burns 1 Daniel Burns Mr.

Padgett ENGL-1102 February 24, 2014 Annotated Bibliography Inquiry: Has social media and technology led to widespread distraction and procrastination for students? Proposed Thesis: With the increasing popularity of technology and social media, students have been facing an increase in distraction and procrastination that has led to a decrease in academic efficacy. Odaci, Hatice. "Academic Self-Efficacy And Academic Procrastination As Predictors Of Problematic Internet Use In University Students." Computers & Education 57.1 (2011): 1109-1113. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. This is the source that follows the closest with my topic, and holds the information that will be the most help to me when writing my research paper. This journal is the results from a test in Turkey on students across multiple majors testing their academic selfefficacy when participating in problematic Iinternet use. The results support my thesis that the over use of the Internet (especially social media) negatively effects students performance. According to the multiple linear regression analysis results, academic selfefficacy and academic procrastination account for 26% of problematic internet use variance Here the author makes a statement that directly supports my thesis, and includes statistics regarding procrastination. This is just one of the many quotes that I found in this journal that I can use to support my argument, backed by a reliable source and many statistics.
Comment [AP5]: This makes it sound like your read for snippets as opposed to having read the whole thing. I understand that you probably didnt actually read the entire thing, but at least pretend that you did. Comment [AP4]: The results shouldnt support your thesis. Your thesis should be derived from your inference of the results. Comment [AP1]: This is a really good thesis, but I wonder if performance would be a better, more accurate word here.

Comment [AP2]: What does this mean? Can you use more specific language. Comment [AP3]: Verb usage?

Burns 2 Dockterman, Eliana. "Shut It Down: A Digital-Detox Plan For The Holidays." Time.Com (2013): 1. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. In this article author Dockterman talks about how often uses a "digital detox" technique, which basically means to disconnect from social media and technology. Although her complete focus is not on detoxing for academic reasons, she does mention it. Dockterman writes "It's funny. I don't really look at it all that much during the semester, but for some reason I always go on when I'm studying," Black says. "You just think you're going on to look at your newsfeed for a few seconds, and then you spend like an hour reading articles." after interviewing a Harvard student. This further proves my statement that every college student knows. Social media can be very distracting when trying to accomplish important school work. I can use this source, specifically the section that is directed toward academia, to reinforce my argument that students often use social media as a tool to procrastinate their school work. Clemmitt, Marcia. "Social Media Becoming A Worrisome Distraction." CQ Researcher 23.4 (2013): 87. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. In this article, Clemmitt explains how social media is becoming more of a distraction than a tool. Although the articles main focus is not on academia, it makes many references to it when referring to multi-tasking and college students. Clemmitt is arguing that the obsession with the various social media cites is distracting the population from what should be important. I can use this source to support my argument that social media is used more increasingly as a distraction, and that it can be very distracting especially to students. This article states a lot of facts debunking the argument that social media is more helpful to a student than a hindrance, which will be useful to me during my research paper.
Comment [AP7]: Okay, so if this is axiomatic, why bother pointing it out? What is your goal here? Comment [AP6]: Something is off with your sentence structure here.

Comment [AP8]: If not social media, would students find something else? Mine was video games. Whats so special about social media?

Burns 3 Lavoie, Jennifer A., and Timothy A. Pychyl. "Cyberslacking and the Procrastination Superhighway." Social Science Computer Review 19.4 (2001): 431-44. Sage. Web. 3 Mar. 2014. This online journal is written about the relationship between procrastination and time spent on the internet. During this study they found that there was a positive relation between people who use the internet for entertainment and people who often procrastinate. This study was done to find how much time someone spends on the internet is actually used procrastinating. The article said Data collected included demographic information, attitudes toward the Internet, amount of time spent online (at home, work, and school), trait procrastination, and measures of positive and negative emotion. The authors tests included background information to make the results more accurate. The journal article does not specifically talk about online procrastination in relation to students, in one section the article states Employed respondents (M= 2.80,SD= 1.26) reported a greater mean negative affect than students (M = 2.67, SD = 1.25) which shows that a section of the study is related to students. I can use the sections from this study about the percentage of time students spend on the internet procrastination to support my argument that students use technology as a distraction. However the testing method used in this survey may not be the most accurate, because they were just online surveys posted to the world web so some people may not be inclined to post how much time they actually spend procrastinating or using the internet. Nowell, David D., Dr. "Students Inquire Regarding Procrastination." Psychology Today. The Art and Science of Time Management, 9 May 2013. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. This online article by Dr. Nowell is directly related to my topic. The author is responding to a few questions students asked him regarding their research papers on procrastination. One of his responses is directly related to social media, but I believe all of the

Burns 4 information can be useful to me because it is all reliable information regarding student procrastination. We Americans spend over 2 billion hours per month on social media. Some of that is important useful stuff, like learning and staying in touch. And some of that is time we wish we'd spent on really deep-down important tasks. This is Nowells response to one of the students questions, and all though it could be more specific he uses a lot of statistics throughout his answers that I can incorporate in my arguments. Daniel,
I think youve done some fine research here. The sources youve found are all peer -reviewed and you do a good job explaining their content and their relevance to your topic. I think your thesis is good, but I also think that it is lacking in a general sense of purpose. What do you hope to accomplish by pointing all of these things out? Think of your ideal audience. How do you hope to influence them? I really want to know where you voice fits into the conversation. I need you to be a participant, not merely a reporter. What are the implications in your source texts conversations? How are you interpreting them? Really dig into the conversation. Also, there are several typos here. proof read a little closer.