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Adam Padgett

English 102

September 24, 2019

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Inquiry: Does social media have an impact on society.

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Proposed thesis: I argue that social media has a considerable influence on the way people do
things and the decisions they make.

Roose, Kevin. “The Future, In a Word: Influencers.” New York Times, vol. 168, no. 58391, 17
July 2019, pp. B1–B8. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=137518046&site=ehost-live.

Roose starts this article with his strong prediction that social media influencers will not

only take over social media and entertainment culture, but society’s culture as a whole.

The stakeholders in this article are the social media influencers with the stakes being that

this article might deter people away from following their lives. This is relevant to today’s

society because influencers are the role models that young people are seeing every day.

Our next generation spends more time on social media than they do watching television.

He argues that although the people in this industry are egotistical, they are intelligent and
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very hardworking. The timing of this article made him biased about the subject because

he had recently gone to Vidcon, a meet and greet for social media influencers, and

formed a lot of bias due to the fact that vidcon is a silly conference that gives no

information about the impact these people have on the public opinion. It is also biased

because his audience is focused on adults as he refers to the subjects of this article as
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teenagers and 20-somethings. Roose says the main reason for social media’s influencers

impact is based on beauty or humor. None the less, their fortune is from challenging work
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and the motive to help other people out there. The main claim of this article is that

influencers are the future of society’s innerworkings. This source is pretty credible

because it was published in the New York Times.

Hashash, Mahmoud, et al. “Social Media Browsing While Driving: Effects on Driver
Performance and Attention Allocation.” Transportation Research: Part F, vol. 63, May
2019, pp. 67–82. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.03.021.
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Hashash argument in this article is if using social media while driving is more dangerous
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than texting and driving and which is more compelling to look at. He tests his experiment

by making a driver send a text and go on Facebook as he evaluates which one causes

more mistakes while driving. The number of mistakes for texting was way worse than
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social media, but they both had mistakes. This article is biased because as he did his

experiment, he kept saying how being on social media was just as bad and not really

accepting the results of the experiment. He kept going back to the fact that it is still

tempting and draws your attention away even when you are not looking at it.

Nonetheless, it is credible because it gives hard facts from an experience that Hashash

conducted personally. It has relevancy because the rate of car accidents because of phone

use has been going up because there is so much more than texting wjile driving now.

There is getting on social media and facetiming and millions of other distractions on a

phone. His audience was drivers everywhere, basically saying to stay off your phones

while driving. As the person driving is the stakeholder, the stakes are very high for this

article because injury to the driver or another person is more likely to happen if they

don’t stay off their phones.

Pretorius, Kelly, et al. “An Integrative Review: Understanding Parental Use of Social Media to
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Influence Infant and Child Health.” Maternal & Child Health Journal, vol. 23, no. 10,
Oct. 2019, pp. 1360–1370. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10995-019-02781-w.

This article is showing the goodness in social media and how it can be a useful resource

for mothers. The question was if social media provides support and communication

through mothers around them. Their tested media was Facebook because on average

Facebook is the most commonly used source around moms and people over 25. They

used Facebook and found great resources to get in touch with new mothers everywhere

that knew just what to do and how to help. The audience for this is new mothers

everywhere. Facebook is a great tool to use because it reaches such a wide range of

people very quickly. It is also used to get other moms’ opinions on medical related things

and the urgency of them or if something just doesn’t feel right. Facebook is a beloved

sight by many mothers and this article proves why. It has some bias because the author

only reported the success number of attempts and not the failures, but it credible because

it was experiment based. This article is very relevant because Facebook is the best way to

communicate with other women showing another way that social media is helpful in our

society. The stakeholders are the new mothers because they need a safe way to find

reliable information because their child is at stake.

Peng, Cheng-Ting, et al. “Comparing and Modeling via Social Media: The Social Influences of
Fitspiration on Male Instagram Users’ Work out Intention.” Computers in Human
Behavior, vol. 99, Oct. 2019, pp. 156–167. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.011.

This study was to see if they could use Instagram as a platform for people to lose more

weight. They thought that if they had good looking male social media influencers to pose

as they are losing weight, then it might make other people want to lose weight. This

theory was based on people’s already obsession with Instagram influencers because they

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follow every other move they take and copy their clothes and personality so why not their
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workout goals too. The audience was nonfit and unhealthy people. The bias was that

there were no female models in the experiment. It was a credible experiment because of

the thoroughness of his work. The study was proven wrong because nobody likes to

follow a person’s workout journey if they are already fit. Model’s attractiveness has a

direct, but negative effect. The stakeholders are the unhealthy people with the stakes

being that the unhealthiness will cause for more disease and a quicker death. It is a

relevant study because the obesity rate in the Unites States is definitely an issue that

needs to be discussed. The good thing about this article though is it gives us a better

perspective of what motivates people into working out so we can change people’s

workout and eating habits into something healthier to improve people’s lives through

social media.

Abbasi, Irum Saeed. “Social Media Addiction in Romantic Relationships: Does User’s
Age Influence Vulnerability to Social Media Infidelity?” Personality & Individual
Differences, vol. 139, Mar. 2019, pp. 277–280. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.10.038.

The argument is if social media takes a toll on relationships between all different ages.

The addiction to social media is so powerful because you can talk to everybody you

know and more all the time. So, when you are in a room with your significant other, that

urge to talk to everybody else and see what all the rest of your friends are doing is still

there. The stakes are the lack of connection between relationships, leading to divorce or

quicker breakups and the stakeholders are future couples everywhere. This article is also

relevant because the divorce rate in the United States is really high and couples are losing
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the meaning of commitment. This article is slightly biased because he went into the

experiment thinking that social media ruins most relationships due to most people not

being able to put their phones down for two seconds. This article is directed to couples

that haven’t gotten together yet or gotten married. It shows how everyday things like

social media may ruin your relationship and gives you a fair warning. This is a credible

source because the article used information from a sample study they did with a

considerably large amount of people.

Lima, Mariana Marques de, et al. “Influence of Social Media on Restaurant Consumers:
A Case Study of Crab Island Restaurant.” Journal of Foodservice Business Research, vol.
22, no. 5, Sept. 2019, pp. 413–432. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/15378020.2019.1631657.

This article discusses the effect of social media on a restaurant in Brazil called Crab

Island Restaurant. The question was if investing in social media advertisements had more

results than advertising elsewhere. The audience for this article was for other restaurants

to see if investing in social media advertisements is worth the money and work. The

answer to this question was yes, social media ads had a greater direct effect and is the

main source of how people had gotten in touch with the restaurant. When people post

about the restaurant and share their favorite meals, it entices people to go there. The

stakeholders are businesses that do advertise, and the stakes are the businesses profit in

which advertising method that they chose. This is a very relevant topic because of how

fast the world’s technology is changing. They did a survey and that is how most people

had found out about the restaurant was through social media and friends. This article is a

trusted source because they did a large test subject count of almost 200 people. The

article had bias in the beginning because the author favored social media advertising.
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Turner, Marcia Layton. “Like, Love, Delete: Social Media’s Influence on College Choice.”
Journal of College Admission, no. 237, Fall 2017, pp. 30–33. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=125617302&site=ehost-live.

This article studies the effect of social media on colleges efficiency to reach out to

students. The stakeholders are colleges and their stakes are their communication to other students

to find the best way to get the most information out to them. Colleges use Facebook to connect to

parents primarily, twitter is used for the admissions to connect to students, and Instagram and

Snapchat are used for students to communicate with other students. This is relevant because the

main way people communicate is through their phone. Social media is a terrific way for colleges

to get in touch with people because it has such a wide scope and can reach more people. The bias

in this article is that colleges should use social media as their main way of communicating to

students. Students use college websites to find out about colleges and then turn to social media

for more direct information about where they want to attend. The audience of this article is for

other colleges to improve the way they reach out to students. This is a reliable source because it

was posted by the National Association of College Admission Counseling to help colleges have a

better connection with their students and to provide more information.

Weinstein, Emily. “The Social Media See-Saw: Positive and Negative Influences on
Adolescents’ Affective Well-Being.” New Media & Society, vol. 20, no. 10, Oct. 2018,
pp. 3597–3623. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/1461444818755634.

This article shows the effect social media has on people’s mindsets and well-being.

Experiences with social media can be broken up into four categories. Relational

interactions show closeness and disconnection. Self-expression seeks confirmation and

the judgement that comes with being on social media. Showing your interests confers
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inspiration and distress. Scrolling through can lead to entertainment, boredom,

admiration, and envy. The analogy Weinstein uses is an emotions see-saw. All these four

categories come with good and bad things, some causing emotional damage, or it can

lead to better moods. This article is biased because it leans more to the harms of social

media rather than the good use, but it is credible due to the experiment she conducted.

The audience of this article is to people on social media to have awareness for what social

media can do. The stakeholders are the people using social media because of the chance

of a harmful outcome. This is relevant because social media is a great form of

communication but can lead to a lot of other terrible things such as body image problems

and depression.
Comment Summary
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1. This is a really interesting and compelling thesis here, but you'll have to be MUCH more specific. influence in
what way? in terms of fashion decisions? political opinions?
2. i'm having trouble following you here. what kind of bias? why does it matter that the author went to this
conference? didn't he need to gather information? isn't he just *reporting* on what he found?
3. again, i'm having difficulty following your sentence structure here. maybe using a direct quote would be more
helpful. Isn't their primary motivation in making money by endorsing products?
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4. proof read a little closer.
5. i'm not sure what you mean by biased here. seems like you are equating the main claim with bias. don't conflate
having a position with having bias.
6. this seems to be much more about technology and distraction rather than about how social media affects
opinions and tastes.
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7. okay, so how does this bias affect your argument or how you would use this source?