My first article is, "Does music and lyrical content influence human behavior?" written by Kevin C. Liljequist.
http://www.positivemusicassociation.com/resources/article_lijequist1.htm
When I was reading this article I immediately noticed that it is a full credited source. This cite is packed with alot of useful information that has a ton of references in it. Also, there are alot of dates and different examples of songs in particular where the youth has been affected by the lyrical content.
This source will be very helpful in response of my topic question because it provides the essay with alot of different unique ideas. Also alot of sources I have found only talk about rap/hip hop music because the writers feel that rap is the only music that really hits the youth negatively. However in this source the author mentions artists like Marilyn Manson. The audience I think will really enjoy this source being put in my essay because it hits on alot of topics relating to my question.
My second article is, "Does rap put teens at risk?"
By :Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Health News
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030303/does-rap-put-teens-at-risk
This article is a great example of a highly credited source, This source is published by web MD which is a very famous publishing company. One reason why I know that it is credible besides the publisher is that the author gave credit to the source that he quoted from. Alot of authors don't even cite their sources so this is very important from the start.
This source will be used very well towards my essay because it provides the article with real life scenarios and surveys. In the article the author got information of a survey interviewing a bunch of black youth. He picked up that there has been alot of negative feedback in their lives that occurred from just listening to modern music a couple of hours a day three times a week. Real life scenarios are always good to include in research papers because it breaks up the essay.
Of your two sources, the WebMD article is more credible than the student paper you cite because of the various evidence cited within the article (the published research from the American Journal of Public Health) and because WebMD is popular, public website staffed by writers with medical backgrounds. However, this source is ten years old, which in the world of medicine, is pretty old. New research is being conducted all the time, and if your topic is still relevant and controversial, newer research has been published on it.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't suggest citing your first source in an academic argument for two reason. It's written by a college student (and even though the by line says he earned an A on the paper, we have no way to verify that) who is not a recognized expert in the field. Second, the paper was written in 2002, which again, is a little out of the date range you want to consider for your topic.