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Sheila Allison, “Youth and the Potential Power of Social Media.” 2013. Vol32 (3).

The Author acknowledges Social Media as being of more value than just a source of entertainment. She sees it as a tool for change, change that clearly will not be handed freely to those opposed to Authoritative Leadership Regimes, but use Interactive media as a means of getting their agenda out there. She makes findings about youth below the age of 30 years that they not only use Social Media for interaction, but see it as a way of discovering their inner selves: their identity. The Dictatorial Communist Regime has been up in arms with attempts of self-expressions through Social Media or phone messages through regulation. The Author does indeed point out at the short comings of this sought after Democracy, where it brought instability to both Egypt and Tunisia after the ouster of Mohammed Morsi and the Assassination of then opposition leader respectively.

The author of this article uses different strategies to achieve of explaining the role of social media among the youths. She makes use of examples, of both the positive and the negative impacts that social media has had among the youths. For instance, she uses the example of Arab revolution that left countries such as Egypt and Tunisia unstable to explain the shortcomings associated with social media.

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Fleur, Gabriel, “Sexting, Selfies and Self-Harm: Young People, Social Media and the Performance of Self Development.” Media International Australia, May 2014; 151:104-112

The Article’s Author makes disturbing findings about how misuse of Social Media is corrupting social ethics by instilling perceived ill-mannered and corrupted ones. Girls are mostly susceptible to this, having to prove their identity by posting naked selfies or photos of their drunken selves in a bid to bolster their approval rating an acceptance. This article aids readers in viewing Social Media in a different light rather than the perceived, hence taking drastic measures to curb the vices painting the tool in bad light.

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Khalil, Ahmad &KarimSajjad S. “Social Media and Youth Participatory Politics: A Study Of University Students.” A Research Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 28, No. 2, July-December 2013; 353-360

The Authors document a study carried out at a university in Pakistan to find out the participatory rate of students below the age of 26 years, but above 18 years of age in National politics. The results were carried out on the basis that these students were of a younger population; had access to the internet and owned a laptop. Social Media was seen as an attractive means of pushing their agendas compared to the traditional conventional ways of that needed approval from those in authority.

This article is well organized and make use of primary data to support its arguments. The author collected data from primary sources, thereby making it easier to understand from the participants’ point of view the role that social media play in enabling the youths to participate in politics.

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Marko M. Skoric& Nathaniel Poor.“Youth Engagement in Singapore: The Interplay of Social and Traditional Media.” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(2), 2013; 187–204 DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2013.787076

The Authors detail how political information is disseminated among Singaporeans with most having embraced Social Media. A survey conducted ruled in the affirmative confirming the widespread social media use among Singapore locals. Traditional forms of sources of political information relies heavily on key political figures who control and monitor information the public has access to. Yet again social media is regarded as a tool for advocating for political and social change.

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Min-Woo,Kwon ,Dave Wilcox&Dhavan V. Shah. “The Role of Recreational Media Use in Youth Socialization: Extending the Citizen Communication Mediation Model.” Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies: Volume: 4 – Issue; 1, January 2014.

The Authors have researched on the continued widening gap between the older generation and the younger with regards to the decline in the civic and political participation.. The effects on civic participation were outlined under two models namely: the model fit and the path model which both detailed the effects of various variables on both political and civic participation. The survey, conducted clearly isolated those practices that were for the good of public integration and participation from those that were not.

The article is well written, using both primary and secondary sources of data to support various arguments put forward in it. The authors, for instance, uses information from a primary study that was conducted to support their main findings. Therefore, the article’s findings are well supported making them reliable to use in any study. The use of examples from past studies also makes the article to be of high quality.

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Eric, white &Anamika Barman-Adhikari. “Internet and Social Media Use as a Resource Among Homeless Youth.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication: International Communication Association, (2014) 232–247.

The Authors observe in their findings that homeless youths actually use the internet at least once per week. It further details how these individuals use social media as a tool to communicate with their peers; keep in touch with their family members; and also talk to their present or preferred future employers. Social media is seen as a positive tool for true rehabilitation and reform to homeless individuals.

The authors of this article explain their findings in detail. They also make use of supporting evidence from the available literature on the topic of their discussion. Furthermore, the article makes use of various examples available on the way homeless youths make use of social media as a vital resource to them. Therefore, the source has high quality information on the benefits of social media to the society.

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Amanda, Hynan, JaniceMurray&JulietGoldbart. ‘Happyandexcited’:PerceptionsofusingDigital technologyandsocialmediabyyoungpeoplewhouseaugmentative and Alternative communication.”Child Language Teaching and Therapy (30)

In their publication, Amanda et al., credited Social Media with improving social inclusiveness of people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication. It has, however, faced a number of setbacks, citing lack of technical support, and know-how available in their localities. Accordingly, notwithstanding the participants of a recent survey conducted that revealed their satisfaction in the role the technology advancement had played in their lives.

The authors make use of existing literature as well as primary data to support various claims made in this article. Therefore, this makes their work more reliable when using it for academic purposes. It’s also important to note that the authors also make use of tables to illustrate their findings, thereby making it easy to read and understand the content of the article.

The article will be instrumental in the completion of my paper. It will provide useful information in relation to the benefits of social media in the area of teaching. Therefore, the source will help me in discussing the untapped potentials of social media in the field of education.