Barker, Valerie. "A Generational Comparison Of Social Networking Site Use: The Influence Of Age And Social Identity.

" International Journal Of Aging & Human Development 74.2 (2012): 163-187. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. This article describes the process of how SNS (social networking sites) work. From starting up a profile to using it, it describes why people do what they do on these sites. Topics described in this article include SNS use and motives for use, comparisons between age groups and SNS use, and social identification and compensation. This should give me information on different perspectives, both young and old, and allow me to broaden my understanding on how different people use SNS. This article is another based from collegiate education, this time at San Diego State University. The author, Valerie Baker, used a survey to gather information on age groups and SNS use. I like that she used this method of information-grabbing because I was planning on doing something of the sort; such as interviewing or as she did, surveying. This type of primary research will give me an accurate view on how people feel about the topic of online identities. It will give me an insight on how different people, specifically different ages use and react to social networking. After reviewing this article for a possible source, it makes me want to further my attention on age groups. I was previously focused only on teenagers because when you think of social networking that is usually the age group that is associated with such.

Cover, Rob. "Performing And Undoing Identity Online: Social Networking, Identity Theories And The Incompatibility Of Online Profiles And Friendship Regimes." Convergence:

The Journal Of Research Into New Media Technologies 18.2 (2012): 177-193. Film & Television Literature Index. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. The main point of this article is to look at how people perform and even undo a social network identity. It also looks at how there are identity theories in social networking and the incompatibility of online profiles and friendship regimes. The article talks about how certain people construct their profiles which lead to identification through social networking. Also, performance is touched on and how performing, in this case, is defined as how a person uses their profile and what they do on the social networking site. The author, Rob Cover, got his information for this article from The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. His source title relates directly to my topic, so I trust this source to give me accurate information to put into my paper. Another topic this article talks about that grabbed my attention is friends via social networking; how friends can be found on social networking sites and how they differ from friends met in real life. This was the first time I had heard of anything of the sort and I am excited to learn much more about it.

Nicole L., Muscanell, and Guadagno Rosanna E. "Make New Friends Or Keep The Old: Gender And Personality Differences In Social Networking Use." Computers In Human Behavior 28.(n.d.): 107-112. ScienceDirect. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. The main point of this article is to express to the reader the science behind online identities and how they are formed. It covers personality differences in online behavior, gender

differences in online behavior, and it also predicts how the future looks for online behavior for both men and women and gives results in numbers based off of those predictions. This source is basically wrapping social media up into a science based off of past online identities and behaviors and gives us predictions for the future. To give the article some credit, it is affiliated with the University of Alabamas Department of Psychology. Also, the article has more than one author: Nicole L. Muscanell and Rosanna E. Guadagno. This gives the piece of reading two perspectives and possibly more information than one written by a single author. Through this source, I have learned that my topic is not all opinion based; there are actual facts and reasons behind what people do and how they act online and specifically on social networks. I used to think that there were not too many factual pieces of evidence behind how people acted via Facebook or Twitter, but after looking through this article I was proven wrong. I am glad to have found this bit of information to use in my paper.

Pagani, Margherita, Charles F. Hofacker, and Ronald E. Goldsmith. "The Influence Of Personality On Active And Passive Use Of Social Networking Sites." Psychology & Marketing 28.5 (2011): 441-456. Business Source Complete. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. This article gives a much more professional view of online identities. It talks about how businesses like to use social networks to connect with employees and customers. It talks about the innovativeness that goes into social networking, how people market themselves on social networking sites, and identity expressiveness.

Like another source I had, there is more than one author in this article. There are three in fact: Margherita Pagani, Charles Hofacker and Ronald Goldsmith. The information used in this article was pulled from a source titled Psychology & Marketing. The psychology part of their source goes with how people think of what they put online and the marketing part is how other want people to use them. This article got me thinking about how people really do market themselves on social networking sites. People want to have a positive self-image; whether people view it as positive or not. I want to look more into how people market themselves on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Evan Guest Mrs. Pratt English 1102-071 13 March 2013 Annotated Bibliography Reflection After doing excessive research on my topic for the first time, I have found that my research has broadened my perspective on my inquiry question. It has also given me additional information to ensure that I get my point across to the reader. I do not think that I need to change my inquiry question, but I could refine it after doing the research that I have. My inquiry question now is: Do social networks cause people to create dual or different identities?

I had previously thought that my research would be opinionated: just by different authors and from different sources. I found that there were actual facts to back up why and how people created online identities separate from their original identities. It was quite interesting to find this because it gives me a whole lot more to talk about when writing my paper. This finding may have contradicted with my original thought, but in the end I think it will only better my paper. After compiling four sources to use when writing my paper, I have found out a lot of new information. I had originally thought that I would use limited sources and put my opinion and other real peoples opinions into my paper; but after researching m y topic I learned that there is a whole lot of information to use. It took me quite some time to compile all the information I needed. I had to re-word a lot of my key searches to find the most accurate and interesting information but I have found four reliable sources that will help me prove my point when writing this paper. Although, I do wonder if my focus may change from what it had first been. Will this research narrow or broaden my understanding of my topic once I get to writing my paper?