Unit III Research Proposal Follow the directions below for the completion of the Research Proposal assignment for Unit III. If you have questions, please email your professor for assistance.  Purpose: The purpose of the research proposal is to help you to understand your project, to gain direction and feedback on your project, and to establish a blueprint for your project.  Description: In this assignment, you will create a research proposal consisting of three sections: Section 1: What is the topic? (100-150 words) Section 2: What is the controversy? Include paragraphs that detail both sides of the controversy. (300-400 words) Section 3: Your tentative thesis statement (one to two sentences)  Click here to access the research proposal example. My tentative argumentative thesis statement is, social media access should be limited or prevented for young children. Giving internet access freely to young children without adult supervision/consent can put themselves and family at risk of internet stalkers, child predators, cyber bullying, and identity theft. As stated, “Parental monitoring of children’s media influences children’s sleeping habits, school routine, social and aggressive behaviors, and that these impacts are reconciled through the amount of time spent watching and contact with media violence. Parental monitoring of media has defensive impact on a wide variety of academic, social, and physical child habits.” Doing my research, I learned that a lot of parents give internet access freely to their child and don’t think about the effects it will have on their developmental skills and health. Running Head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Annotated Bibliography Should social media access be limited or prevented for young children. O'Keffe, G. e. (2011). The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. Excessive computer use is keep able of affecting children's social growth. At the age of around seven years, the interaction of a child with family, school, friends, community and media all play a central role in the growth of interpersonal skills and social competence of the child. Computers are now part of that stage of development and alarms have been sounded that children who have too much access to computers create electronic friendships and might be mired in building interpersonal skills. To reduce the high risk of obesity, and other harmful effects of prolonged media exposure, the American Academy of Pediatrics has always advised parents to reduce the time spent children spend on video games, computers and other media to not more than one to two hours a day, and to encourage them to explore different activities like sports, cycling or imaginative play. David D. Luxton, P. a. (2012). Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective. Social media may also pose a threat to vulnerable people through the formation and influence of extreme online groups that promote and provide support for beliefs and behavi ...

1. Unit III Research Proposal
Follow the directions below for the completion of the Research
Proposal assignment for Unit III. If you have questions, please
email your professor for assistance.
to understand your project, to gain direction and feedback on
your project, and to establish a blueprint for your project.
proposal consisting of three sections:
Section 1: What is the topic? (100-150 words)
Section 2: What is the controversy? Include paragraphs that
detail both sides of the controversy. (300-400 words)
Section 3: Your tentative thesis statement (one to two
sentences)
My tentative argumentative thesis statement is, social media
access should be limited or prevented for young children.
Giving internet access freely to young children without adult
supervision/consent can put themselves and family at risk of
internet stalkers, child predators, cyber bullying, and identity
theft. As stated, “Parental monitoring of children’s media
influences children’s sleeping habits, school routine, social and
aggressive behaviors, and that these impacts are reconciled
through the amount of time spent watching and contact with
media violence. Parental monitoring of media has defensive
impact on a wide variety of academic, social, and physical child
habits.” Doing my research, I learned that a lot of parents give
internet access freely to their child and don’t think about the
effects it will have on their developmental skills and health.
Running Head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2. Annotated Bibliography
Should social media access be limited or prevented for young
children.
O'Keffe, G. e. (2011). The Impact of Social Media on Children,
Adolescents, and Families.
Excessive computer use is keep able of affecting children's
social growth. At the age of around seven years, the interaction
of a child with family, school, friends, community and media all
play a central role in the growth of interpersonal skills and
social competence of the child. Computers are now part of that
stage of development and alarms have been sounded that
children who have too much access to computers create
electronic friendships and might be mired in building
interpersonal skills. To reduce the high risk of obesity, and
other harmful effects of prolonged media exposure, the
American Academy of Pediatrics has always advised parents to
reduce the time spent children spend on video games, computers
and other media to not more than one to two hours a day, and to
encourage them to explore different activities like sports,
cycling or imaginative play.
David D. Luxton, P. a. (2012). Social Media and Suicide: A

3. Public Health Perspective.
Social media may also pose a threat to vulnerable people
through the formation and influence of extreme online groups
that promote and provide support for beliefs and behaviors
normally unacceptable by most society for example anorexia,
suicide, and intentional body harm. Users that support eating
disorder or sites that support suicide can find support and
acceptance that they have not found through other means. These
online groups may provide support; they pose a risk to the
public by encouraging weak individuals to harm themselves.
There is evidence that social media can influence suicide
behavior. The Internet removes geographic barriers to
communication between people, the creation of pro-suicide
social media sites creates a new risk to vulnerable people who
might not have been exposed to these imminent hazards.
The developing data regarding the influence of the Internet
and social media on suicide behavior have states that these
forms of technology may introduce different threats to the
public including new opportunities for assistance and
prevention. Since social media are generally created and
organized by end users, the available chance for monitoring and
prevention can be drawn-out to all users. To facilitate this user-
driven approach to shadowing and prevention, all social media
sites could embrace the simple using methods which allow users
to raise the alarm in case of mischievous Web sites.
Dinleyici, M. e. (n.d.). Media Use by Children, and Parents’
Views on Children's Media Usage. Journal of medical research.
The author states that majority of parents are aware that 13
years is the least age for most social media sites, but they do
not understand the reason. However, 13 years is the minimum
age set out by legislations in various states and most online site
are bound by this regulation. It is imperative that parents
analyze the sites on which their child wants to participate in to
be sure that the site is suitable for that child's age. In general, if
a website stipulates a minimum age for use in its terms of
service, it is useful that age should be respected. Lying about

4. age has become common practice by various preadolescents and
some parents. Parents must be thoughtful about the required age
for social media interaction to be sure their children are not
sending messages about lying about their age and that the online
safety of their children is always the core message being
accentuated
Shields, M. &. (2000). Children and Computer Technology:
Analysis and Recommendations.
States, that participation of parents in monitoring their
children’s media carefully can have a big number of health
advantages for children. The aspect of parental monitoring is
divided into (1) viewing together with the child, (2) controlling
amount of time used on media, (3) checking the types of
content, and (4) aggressively talking about the meanings and
impact of media information with children which is also
referred to active mediation. The author adds that, studies have
revealed that co-viewing paired with active mediation, limiting
the amount of media exposure, and controlling content are all
influential shielding factors for children.
Active mediation can entail giving views on media content,
educating children concerning the tenacities of a number of
media for example adverts or giving guidance and clarifications.
Parental monitoring of children’s media influences children’s
sleeping habits, school routine, social and aggressive behaviors,
and that these impacts are reconciled through the amount of
time spent watching and contact with media violence. Parental
monitoring of media has defensive impact on a wide variety of
academic, social, and physical child habits.
Nikken, P. (2015). How and Why Parents Guide the Media Use
of Young Children. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Research findings on effects of social media on children remain
divided and therefore, can be confusing to educators and
parents. A number children’s media researchers have not found
any evidence to support the belief that screen media is
inherently dangerous. Per researched based on the learning

5. initiative, it was found that when television shows and
electronic resources have been carefully designed to incorporate
what is identified about actual reading instruction, they act as
positive and dominant tools used for teaching and learning.
While critics have issued many warnings against television and
computers and their adverse impact on children’s learning, the
best logical conclusion that can be drawn from the existing
scholarly writing is that, it is the educational aspect that counts
and not the format in which it is portrayed. In a nutshell, there
are some educationally valuable television shows, websites, and
digital media, and there are others that are not valuable and
educationally worthless
Hatch, K. (2011). Determining Effects of Technology on
children.
The author argues that for us to say that technology should
be taken out of children’s lives all together has seems like an
unrealistic notion, due to the massive amount of technology that
is present in the current time. Keeping kids away from it
entirely would mean that they are shielded from the cell phone,
the television, iPods and the computer. Preventing children
from social media would require a tremendous change in
lifestyle from adults, yet they too are already engrossed in
technology. When it is narrowed down to this, it is not the fact
that children have this technology that is the problem. Allowing
children to access technologies in their lives assist them to get
the benefits of its use, and in preventing them against the risks
are the two key practices that must be followed in parental
controls and balance. Parental control on how children use
technology can reduced the social media risk to children.
Parents who know the advantages of technology and want to
equip their children for the technology-driven world should
understand that there must be some responsibility shown to the
child, and a kind of observation done while they are still young.
This therefore, means that parents can play active roles in
allowing the children to engage in technology use but also show
them that life is more than living behind a screen, and being

6. glued with a laptop or Mac.
Ellen, K. (2012). Teenagers and Social Media: How to connect
and protect your children.
The author observes that; the communication is very important
when dealing with young children who are involved in using
social media. Learn how to communicate openly with your teen.
By building an atmosphere of trust and understanding what your
teen is experiencing in the social media world, it’s more likely
that he or she will come to you if something disturbing happens
while on the Internet. Families should have regular family
meetings where they can discuss with their children about
things going on social media such a bullying. Parents can start
in advance by explaining to children what the knowhow they are
using is, and what the threats that might come along with it.
Children can use a computer with a parent’s permission if
parents look what their children are doing, and explain to them
what the risks and benefits of the Internet are. Having a toolbar
that can filter what they have access to can also benefit on
keeping children browsing safe on the website. For social
networking, parents should respect the age limit and allow their
child to be mature enough to access sites like Myspace or
Facebook, and then carry out an assessment on how the child
uses the site. One of the efficient ways to monitor young
children on Facebook is for parents to be their friend on the
site. For activities, such as video game parents can put a limit
on how long the games can be played per day, and under what
conditions. The overall effect on young children is both good
and bad. According to research for instance, it has been found
out that more Facebook activity is related to signs of various
psychiatric disorders like narcissism, while the similar research
shows that having more friends on Facebook envisages lower
depression.
References

7. David D. Luxton, P. a. (2012). Social Media and Suicide: A
Public Health Perspective.
Dinleyici, M. e. (n.d.). Media Use by Children, and Parents’
Views on Children's Media Usage. Journal of medical research.
Ellen, K. (2012). Teenagers and Social Media:How to connect
and protect your children.
Hatch, K. (2011). Determining Effects of Technology on
children.
Nikken, P. (2015). How and Why Parents Guide the Media Use
of Young Children. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
O'Keffe, G. e. (2011). The Impact of Social Media on Children,
Adolescents, and Families.
Shields, M. &. (2000). Children and Computer Technology:
Analysis and Recommendations.