Research Source Log for Online Source

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Television and Children
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Author: Kyla Boyse
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	University of Michigan Health System
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	University of Michigan
Date Page was Last Revised	August 2010
Date You Read It	29 January 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/tv.htm

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

By watching television shows "kids have been injured trying to repeat dangerous stunts".

Children who usually watches television "are more likely to be inactive and tend to snack" when they watch and gain weight.

"Thin women are disproportionately represented" on television and portrayed a lie to children while heavier women are made fun of.

Movies and television shows that are frightening can lead children to have "bad dreams, anxious feelings, being afraid of being alone, withdrawing from friends, and missing school".

Children who watch dangerous and violent television shows "reduces inhibitions and leads to more aggressive behavior".

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
The University of Michigan has compiled research and information about the effects of television on children and lists many effects and ways to help your kids. Though television can be entertaining it can have long term and dramatic effects on children. It can affect their health and behavior in many ways. The things that are exposed to children today such as violent,sexual, and stereotypical content can effect them in horrible outcomes. Television is a big part of everyone's life including children that saves them from boredom but since it can lead to many problems the University of Michigan compiled many research information to inform the public on what television can do to their children.


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?
The author of the site is Kyla Boyse a registered nurse and also a parent of young children.


Attachment: 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 the public and mostly parents who have young children to know the limits of television and its effects.


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

No i believe there is no bias on the writing because it is mostly facts and research compiled that informs the negative effects of television.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes the author references many sources because the information is mostly all research that are cited.



Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use all the information to research my question and solve ways to stop the effects as much as possible.