Annotated Bibliography
Does multimedia communication such as
texting and social networking affect students’ communication skills?
Scholarly Articles
Mund, T., &
Behera, A. K. (2012). Understanding the theories of
personality: A step towards being effective in communication skills . Manuscript submitted for publication, English,
National Institute of Science and Technology , Whitefield, Bangalore. ,
Available from Education Full Text . (EBSCO)Retrieved from
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This article discusses the requirements of being an
effective communicator and the personality traits that factor into the
communication process. It also discusses how a person’s personality affects
their social interaction thus affecting their communication skills. This
article focuses solely on communication and how it is related to the person. I
plan to use this article to aid in my discussion about the importance of
communication, personality traits related to social interaction of communication,
and basic communication skills.
Osagie, K. O.
(2012). Information and communication
technologies in enhancing learning ability in secondary schools in edo state,
nigeria. Informally
published manuscript, Educational Studies and Management , University of Benin,
Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. , Available from Education Full Text .
(EBSCO)Retrieved from
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This article discusses the methods of learning and
communication through web-based technologies in Nigeria. Even though this paper
is not focused on the Unite States a correlation between the students can be
seen – students of today are living in a “digital world”. This article
discusses how the web can be used to influence communication in the educational
setting. I plan to use this article as an insight to the benefits that
multimedia can have to develop communication skills and encourage learning in
the educational setting.
Robinson , S.,
& Stubberud, H. A. (2012).Communication preferences among university students . Manuscript submitted for publication, Penn State
University , Pennsylvania , United States . , Available from Education Full
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This article is focused on college level students in the
United States and Norway and their preferred method of communication. The
article shows through the results of studies conducted that many students
prefer direct communication such as email over other methods of communication such
as social networking. The article makes a critical point to the focus question –
in past studies and reports telephone and face-to-face communication was preferred
to any method of written communication; however with the advancement of email
and text messaging – written communication is now preferred to that of
telephone or face-to-face communication. The article relates this change to the
increases in technology and response time for written communication – making it
as desirable as verbal communication. I will use this article to discuss the
increase in written communication and decrease in verbal communication related
to the advancements in multimedia forms of communication.
Goldsborough,
R. (2012). Texting as social regress .Personal Computing , Retrieved from
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In this article Reid Goldsborough
reflects on the book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and
Less from Each Other, MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle. Reid focuses mainly on
the negative aspects of the “digital revolution” and primarily texting and how
it affects our students. Reid believes that the lack of face-to-face
communication is hurting our students on both social aspect and the academic
aspect. I plan to use this article to discuss some of the negative influences multimedia
is having on communication skills among
our students particularly related to their social development.
Agosto, D., Abba, J., & Naughton, R. (2012).Relationships and social
rules: Teens' social network and other ict selection practices.. Unpublished
manuscript, , Available from Education Full Text . (EBSCO)Retrieved from
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This document discusses the
reasons teens choose to use a certain site for social communication and the
ways in which they decide to communicate. It also observes the differences
between communication of peers and family members and how that networking
affects their social development. It is crucial that I understand why students
choose to communicate through various sites and on the internet. Understanding
this reasons will better prepare me to make a valid point when discussing why
more teens are communication via internet rather than face to face.
Newspaper Articles
Williams, G.
(2009, Sept 15). Academics and social media: ymmv . The Chronicle of Higher Education . Retrieved from
http://chronicle.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/blogs/profhacker/academicssocial-media-ymmv/22706
This is an article from the Chronicle and it discusses the
relation between academics and social media. There are some very powerful
quotes of accredited people in this article and their thoughts on the
correlation between social media and academics. I plan to use this article to
help me link academics, social networking, and communication to make a strong conclusion
to the above question.
Hacker. (2011,
June 3). Building a born-digital edited volume . The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/blogs/profhacker/building-a-born-digital-edited-volume/33819
This article does not exactly pertain to the above question
per say but it discusses the future of online communication. What if scholarly
articles were discussed, reviewed, and editied on the web – similar to what is
done on Wikipedia. The article questions how that would change our world and
the world of academics. We are on the path of a new form of communication and
academics where the media and internet are crucial components. It is important
to understand these ideas when discussion how online communication affects ones
communication skills.
Vaidhyanathan,
S. (2008, September 19). Generational myth. The Chronicle of Higher
Education. Retrieved from
http://chronicle.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/article/Generational-Myth/32491/
This article discusses the generation gap or the myth of
this gap between the previous generation and the current one. It discusses references
from a book Print is Dead: Books in Our
Digital Age. This article discusses the myths behind the generation gap and
that not all young people are quite as tech savvy as we would like to believe.
This is an important concept to consider when we are generalizing our youth
into one category. I plan to propose a generalized theory but recognize that
not everyone falls into one specific category.
Websites or Blogs
Bumgardner ,
S., & Knestis, K. (2011, May ). [Web log message]. Retrieved from
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/social-networking-tool-student-and-teacher-learning
This website is an posting about the benefits of social
networking for the student and the teacher. This publication discusses that
social networking is more than just facebook or twitter that is the use of
online technology to collaborate with others. This is an important concept that
needs to be understood to see the pros or benefits of social networking for
further the communication among our youth. I plan to use this website to
emphasize how social networking sites are not stopping communication just
changing the way it is done.
Summers, A.
(2011, February 22). [Web log message]. Retrieved from
http://socialtimes.com/a-teen-speaks-is-social-networking-damaging-our-social-skills_b38991
This website includes a posting about an angered teen and
the increasing use of social networking and how it is destroying the
communication among her generation. She mentions how conversations of teens
seem to be directly related to social networking in some form or another –
while this is true there are many teens out there that find other topics much
more appealing. This is an important posting because the author emphasizes the decrease
in verbal skills and overall communication skills related to the shortened
words and slang used on social networking while the demand for these valuable
skills are increasing in the workplace. I plan to use this posting to help me
focus on the feelings of all teens about social networking and how it is
causing many grammatical and spelling errors in our youth’s communication skills.
Lecky-Thompson,
G. (2009, May 30). [Web log message]. Retrieved from
http://suite101.com/article/facebook-good-or-bad-for-communication-a121387
This article discusses primarily results of studies
conducted about facebook and its effects on communication. I particularly liked
this posting because it highlights the benefits and the negative impact social
networking has on people and communication. The biggest highlights are how it
was designed to increase the span of communication among persons – which it has
done; however in that process it has also created a barrier where persons no
longer communicate face to face and lack recognizing the verbal communication
that is so powerful. I plan to use this
posting to support my discussion about the importance of body language and to further
discuss the pros and cons.
Videos
MzWriteOn.
(2011). Social media & teens [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=linGhv33VAc
This video discusses the role of social media in
communication among high school students. Intervies by High School Students explaining their thoughts
on communication through various forms of media compared to that of
face-to-face communication are conducted and reflected upon. The students in this video explain how they “feel”
they have more control over the conversation or their communication when using
media rather than when communicating in face-to-face situations, and that it is
simply easier than other forms of communication. I plan to use this video to
aid in my discussion of how multimedia technologies such as social networking
and texting are increasing communication among students in a virtual world, but
decreasing communication in a face-to-face setting.
TheVerbalEdge.
(2011). The verbal edge - michelle
merritt, social media communication [Web]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUgowdSD-yQ
This video discusses the social skills and communication
skills of our students’ futures. This video contradicts the idea that students
are decreasing their face-to-face communication skills. The video discusses how
students are becoming “fearless” in their communication because they perceive that
their “world is very small”. Students do not see the barriers of distance or
status as previous generations are; however they discuss that students need to
stay educated on certain areas of correspondence and where certain forms of
media communication are not acceptable.
This video is a contradiction to the the theory that multi media communication
is decreasing out students communication skills, but it still influences the
idea that there are some forms of communication that need to remain traditional
and our students need to remain educated in those areas. I plan to use this
video as my “devils advocate” in how multimedia affects our students’ communication
skills for the worse.
