Tuesday, February 7, 2012

SOURCE NUMBER 1





“Specific Page Title or Article Title”

BULLYING: pictures videos news
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)

News stations, newspaper contributors, court trials and police convictions.
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )

Huffingtonpost.com
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)

AOL
Date Page was Last Revised

Not Given
Date You Read It
7 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bullying




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE:
The definition of the word bully: "A person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker."
Children are not cruel. Children are mirrors. They believe what we believe. They say what we say. And we have taught them that gay people are not okay. That overweight people are not okay. That Muslim people are not okay.
Children bully in the hallways and the cafeterias while we bully from behind government’s laws, legislative benches and in one-liners on sitcoms.
The most common forms of biased language among elementary school students are the use of the word "gay" as in "that's so gay”. This sort of discrimination affects kids younger and younger as time goes on. I myself didn’t know what gay meant until around 7th grade.
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in research on bullying in schools.



Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This website is a bundle of posts of everything from talk shows, to lawsuits that groups victims of anti gay-lesbian violence, elementry school bullying, online bullying, victim suicice, bullying in the army, sports teams and every other kind you've heard of. It gives shocking insight as people are free to comment on each post and therefore share their own related experinces with whoever is reading.
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?
This site is legitimate because there is involvment with news sources and court systems. Stories comply with many online databases such as major news sites. It is also the worls largest online newspaper (Huffington Post) and therefore implies its own legitimacy.
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? 

It is simply to inform.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
Not at all.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes, there is a link to its respective news network website or court database.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will call apoun some stories as examples of what its like to be bullied, and ill hope to find insight on both sides so i can actually put together a 2 sided aurgument.



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