Is there a relationship between social media use and teenage depression?
Research Question:
“Is there a relationship between social media use and teenage depression?”
In your module 1 research journal, you identified a research question that you would like to explore this semester. For this journal, you will learn how to research your topic and explore what scholars have written about your topic. Before you begin your journal, carefully review the information in the Research, Write, and Cite guide.
This research journal has two components:
1. Identify at least ten secondary academic sources and compile them into an annotated bibliography, using APA style.
Make sure that each annotation includes the following criteria.
Author(s) qualifications
Main purpose or argument or point of view
Methods used, key conclusions or findings, and basis in evidence and/or logic
Relationship to other works
Primary Audience
Summary Content
2. Identify and describe three key ideas that have emerged from your research.
As you review your sources, compare and contrast their ideas and topics. Identify three themes that have emerged from your annotated bibliography. Briefly describe these (suggested length is a paragraph for each idea). These three themes will be the foundation for the literature review that you will write for your final research proposal.