Ledbetter, Andrew M., Mazer, Joseph P., DeGroot, Jocelyn M., Meyer, Kevin R.

, Mao, Yuping,
and Brian Swafford. Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as
Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness Sage Journals, Vol.
38, no. 1, 2011, p. 27-53.
This article is about how the disclosure of information between users is a key determinant
of how close relationships online grow.
This article supports my topic because it gives information on how communication
effects relationships This article is credible because the authors and the universities they
work at are known to be credible. I found the information in this article interesting
because it gave me insight on how much information sways relationships.
Brugger, Niels. A Brief History of Facebook as a Media Text: The Development of an Empty
Structure. First Monday. n.d. Web. 15 October 2016.

This source goes through all of Facebook history from 2004-2013 and analyses the
development of user interaction.
This source relates to my topic because it illustrates how Facebook became a huge media
giant in a small amount of time. This source is credible because it references many
professionals who are well versed in their field and have done ample research. This
source provides new information about Facebooks platform to advertise and reach new
users around the world.

Cava, Marco della. How Facebook Changed Our Lives. USA Today, Gannett, 2 Feb. 2014,
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/02/facebook-turns-10-cultural-impact/5063979/.

Drago, Emily. The Effect of Technology on Face-to-Face Communication 13 (n.d.): n. pag.

Web. 15 October 2016.
This journal is about how technology is an essential part of the way people communicate.
Also, another main topic is how technology has taken away from verbal and face-to-face
communication.
This source relates to my topic because it speaks on how media is changing the way
people talk to each other. This journal is considered credible because the author cited
credible sources as well as being a well-educated mind in the field she wrote about. I
found the authors field observations interesting because it gives insight on how much
teenagers use their devices when alone.

Dunbar, D.I.M. The Structure of Online Social Networks Mirrors Those in the Offline World.
The Structure of Online Social Networks Mirrors Those in the Offline World,
ScienceDirect, Oct. 2015,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0378873315000313.
Gross, Ralph, Strutzman Fred, and Alessandro Acquisti. "Silent Listeners: The Evolution of
Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook." Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality (2012), Vol.
4, Iss. 2, Article 2, 2013.
This source analyzes how users maintain privacy, while still balancing an active
Facebook page. Privacy is an important part of Facebook. This source is important to my
topic because it talks about what information is disclosed to other users. This disclosure
limits the communication between people who want to remain more private.

This source is credible because the article has been published by a university that is
considered credible. Also the authors have been well trained in their field and awarded
with degrees pertaining to their works.
Fowlkes, Jasmine. Viewpoint: Why Social Media Is Destroying Our Social Skills. USA Today,
Gannett, 11 Oct. 2011, college.usatoday.com/2012/10/11/opinion-why-social-media-isdestroying-our-social-skills/.

Hampton, Keith, Rainie, Lee, Lu, Weixu, Dwyer, Maria, Shin Inyoung, and Kristen Purcell.
Social Media and the Spiral of Silence. Pew Research Center Internet Science Tech
26 Aug. 2014.

This articles main idea is that people believe that their private political and policy views
are not accepted widely among the public. This causes people to be silent and not discuss
them with anybody. This source relates to my research topic because it has to do with
how social platforms hinder communication between individuals.
This article is considered credible because the writers are deemed scholarly by the
university (Rutgers) that they attend and work at. This article brought new information
about how people are more willing to voice opinions online rather than in person. I found
the statistics on when government surveillance occurs interesting because that is a
difficult study to conduct with a large sample size.
Kemp, Simon. Digital, Social &Amp; Mobile Worldwide in 2015. We Are Social UK, 21 Jan.
2015, wearesocial.com/uk/special-reports/digital-social-mobile-worldwide-2015.

Madden, Mary, Lenhart Amanda, Cortesi Sandra, Gasser Urs, Duggan Maeve, Smith Aaron, and
Meredith Beaton. Teens, Social Media, and Privacy. Pew Research Center Internet
Science Tech RSS. 21 May 2013.
This source covers how much information people share about themselves on the internet.
This sources information relates to my topic because giving out information
allows for less conversation about credentials.
This source is credible because the website the source is published on is known to be a
credible source of information. Along with the authors being masters in their
fields of research. I found the statistics on the growth of social media interesting
because it shows how much more people are relying on media to communicate.
Spratt, Amy M. and Creonte, Dawn (2011) "The Look-at-Me Generation: How Extraversion and
Social Self-Efficacy Relate to Online Self-Disclosure," FSU Journal of Behavioral
Sciences: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 8.
This article talks about how Facebook interactions can determine if people are extroverts
or introverts. This source helps support my topic because communication of different
personalities can be reflected in how people use Facebook. Social communication on the
internet can also lead to people changing from introverts to extroverts and vice versa.
This source is considered credible because it was published by a university. The authors
are also credible because the university chose to publish them and employ them because
they are masters in the field.

Subrahmanyam, Kaveri, and Patricia Greenfield. "Online Communication and Adolescent

Relationships." Health Reference Center Academic, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 119+. 2008

This article is about how online communication has grown to be extremely important over the
last few years. This article supports my topic because it talks about how online communication is
important and how it is affecting the global populations.
This article is credible because it was published by authors who are well rounded in their field
and were chosen to be published by a scholarly journal. I found the information on identity
development interesting because I didnt know how much of an impact electronic
communication had on young peoples personalities and minds.

Was Life Better Before Facebook? The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 4 Feb. 2016,
www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/was-life-better-before-facebook/.
Viswanath, Bimal, Mislove Alan, Cha Meeyoung, and Krishna P. Gummadi. "On the Evolution
of User Interaction in Facebook." Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Online
Social Networks - WOSN '09 (2009).
This source researches the evolution of user activity on Facebook. The authors do this by
evaluating numerous Facebook pages and looking at the interactions between users. This
relates to my research question because it discusses the collection of data about the rate
of activity of Facebook networking, which will help me develop ideas about how users
communicate.
This source is very credible because the authors are all esteemed professors and
researchers in the field of media and sociology. This source is very specific about the ties
between users and their interests. This is very interesting because if the website can figure
out what the user enjoys then it can gage communication towards the persons specific
views.

Wilson, Christo, Boe Bryce, Sala Alessandra, Puttaswamy Krishna P., and Ben Y. Zhao. EuroSys
'09: Proceedings of the Fourth EuroSys Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, April 1- 3,
2009. Association for Computing Machinery, 2009.
This source does a detailed study of the difference between social interactions over
Facebook and the interactions people have in person. I like how this source is lengthy and
specific about the interactions online versus in person, which will also help broaden my
argument.
This source is credible because it is a reviewed conference by many esteemed people.
This source supports my thesis because it lays out the various social interactions people
have on Facebook.