“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | Is MTV's hit show Teen Mom encouraging teen pregnancy? |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Sav |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | live.drjays |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | drjays |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 27 December 2010 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 7 February 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV). |
Some people believe that "teen girls willing to get pregnant simply to score an audition" to be on the tv show. |
This author of the article opinion is "a winning idea they’d probably like to continue in order to bank off of it." |
He is comparing Teen Mom to tv shows like to "land a slot of shows like American Idol and Real World" and even Jersey Show. |
This artcicle also suggest that you see "Teen Mom mothers on the cover of a tabloid." |
He also thinks that the show shouldn't be taken down but to "do your best to avoid making teen pregnancy seem glamourous in any way." |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
Sav the author of the article brings up his own opinion about the tv show Teen Mom. He believes that the show brings glamour into teenage pregnancy. The article suggest to keep the show but try to avoid advertising the show like teen pregnancy is a good thing.
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 Sav it is just his opinion on his website I believe and a article he wished to publish about his opinion on the matter.
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 author seems like he trys to portray the tv show as any other tv show and was not informative just stating examples that he has seen but no real facts to back it up.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
yes the author just writes about the 'negative' things about teen mom.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
The author puts a another article and it does take away his credibility because it's his only cite reference.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I can use this source by using it as a example of a negative response about the tv show Teen Mom.
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