Annotated Bibliography

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 http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=52d10eb8-6509-4ef5-a351-1bdea45faacd@sessionmgr114&vid=2&hid=119

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 http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=75b66eaf-514a-4882-9238-3adcfe00c313@sessionmgr115&vid=2&hid=119

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 Text . (EBSCO)Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=0fcc9f04-2507-44ec-bef8-86cc1cee1d70@sessionmgr110&vid=2&hid=119

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 http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=617388a8-bb2a-4cee-8f1a-54773f80b6c2@sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=119

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 http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.fairmontstate.edu/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=119&sid=940e84c7-a4ea-4a5c-b5f7-fc0fad0122e3@sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl

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.