Sydney Pendergrass

ENC 1102-0M64

Professor Melissa Pompos-Mansfield

4th March, 2021

Annotated Bibliography

Colbert, Lerma, and Venegas-Vera. “Positive and negative impact of social media in the

COVID-19 era.” Reviews in Cardiocasvular Medicine, vol. 21, iss. 4, 30 Dec. 2020, pp.

561-564. IMR Press, 10.31083/j.rcm.2020.04.195. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021. This scholarly

article discusses the affect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on social media use.

Authors Colbert, Lerma, and Venegas-Vera cite previous work done by Gotlieb and Dyer

who state that social media usage typically increases during crises. Additionally, they cite

work done by Almansoori and Habtoor that determined sharing data during the pandemic

has been important to improving conditions of the crisis. Work previously done by

Gupta, et al. and Hermida, et al. says that social media became the primary resource for

spreading information during the Coronavirus pandemic. Colbert, et al. are insistent about

the fact that using social media as a primary resource for information during the

pandemic has positive and negative aspects. While it is a good source for the mass

distribution of information, it also allows for misinformation to be spread quickly, which

can be critical during a global pandemic. This article is important to my research because

I am investigating how the pandemic affected the content in the Disney College Program

Facebook group, which is related to their general research on all social media’s influence

due to the pandemic.

Darling, Wendy. In search of cast member working at MouseGear. Facebook, 12 March 2020.

Accessed 24 February 2021. This social media post from a Disney College Program

Facebook group is intended to find a Walt Disney World cast member who was working

in the MouseGear gift shop the night before this post was created. The user who posted it

had her hope regained in getting into the DCP after talking with a cast member working

there who gave her encouragement. This post is important to my research because it is an

example of a post from a DCP hopeful in the Facebook group from prior to the

termination of the program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

De Salve, Guidi, Mori, and Ricci. “An Analysis of the Internal Organization of Facebook

Groups.” IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, vol. 6, iss. 6, 2 Oct. 2019,

pp. 1245-1256. IEEE Xplore, 10.1109/TCSS.2019.2942076. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021. This

journal article investigates the internal structure of online social networks (OSNs). De

Salve, et al. cite previous research done by themselves as well as Ginsca, Popescu,

Borgne, and Ballas who investigated the structure of OSNs. Additionally, work done by

De Salve, De Pietro, Mori, and Ricci discussing the hierarchy of OSNs. This established

how Facebook groups are structured to maintain the privacy of group members. De

Salve, et al. conclude that most Facebook groups have an internal structure that clusters

groups by the strength of their relationships between users. These clusters can signify

how important users are within the OSNs. This article is important to my research

because it discusses the division of labor as part of the internal structure of OSNs. Since

division of labor is part of activity theory, this will help me understand the activity

system of my community, the DCP Facebook group.

Kain, Donna. “Activity Theory: An Introduction for the Writing Classroom.”  Jan. 2002, pp. 1-

9. ResearchGate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2018. This scholarly article focuses on activity theory

as a way to analyze social groups and communities. Kain cites previous research done by

Russel and Engestrom who define the term “activity systems,” and determine the social

basis of the activity system influence triangle. In Kain’s studies, she draws the

conclusions that nodes within an activity system all influence each other because they are

connected. She defines those nodes as motives, community, rules, division of labor,

subjects, and tools. This article is helpful to my research because I am using activity

theory as my framing concept. I am evaluating the way Disney College Program

Facebook groups function as an activity system and how the content of the group shows

how it is used as a tool within the activity system.

Pan, Peter. Giving the resource of #CPHELP on social media to help people looking for housing

assistance. Facebook, 15 March 2020. Accessed 24 February 2021. This social media

post from a Disney College Program Facebook group was intended to provide a resource

for college program participants in search of housing assistance as a result of being

displaced due to the termination of the college program. This post is important to my

research because it is an example of a post from a current (at the time of the post) college

program participant from the day after the college program was terminated due to the

COVID-19 pandemic.

Porter, Jane. Offering mattress toppers for sale at Vista Way Apartments. Facebook, 14 March

2020. Accessed 24 February 2021. This social media post from a Disney College

Program Facebook group was intended to sell an item. This user was selling two mattress

toppers at the Vista Way Apartment complex after being sent home from the DCP after it
was terminated. This post is important to my research because it is an example of a post

from a current (at the time of the post) college program participant from the day that the

college program was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.