Tweens & Teens
Research Overview
Jackie Sipes
Education Librarian
jsipes@temple.edu
Research Guide
guides.temple.edu/teensandtweens
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Narrowing your topic... & coming up with a research question
Broad teen trend
I'm interested in teens and social media.
Narrow teen trend
I'm in interested in how social media apps, like Snapchat, influence teen dating.
Research Question
How have mobile apps like Snapchat or texting changed the way that teens date and socialize?
Questions You'll Have to Answer
- What does the trend involve? How did it start?
- How pervasive is this trend or teen behavior? How m any teens are involved?
- How does this trend address the needs of adolescents to experiment, try out different identities?
- What are the demographics of participants?
- Is there a belief system or ideology?
- What do researchers/scholars/journalists say about the trend?
What do researchers/scholars say?
What are some of the characteristics of scholarly/academic sources?
What to look for
- Author
- Usually lengthy (5-20 pages)
- Type of Publication (academic, scholarly, or peer-reviewed journal)
- Cites other sources
- Reports on original research
- May include charts, graphs, numbers, etc.
Scholarly Sources
Scholarly Sources
Are they relevant to your topic?
Literature Review
Literature Review
Summarize
Identify gaps or lingering questions
Literature Review
Popular Sources
Popular Sources
Popular Sources
What to look for with popular sources
- Relevant to research question?
- Author (journalist? scholar? researcher?)
- Site purpose?
- Audience?
- 'About us' link
- What kind of publication is it? (newspaper, report from a research organization, magazine, blog, conference talk)
Database demo
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