Annotated Bibliography

I found a source of information about the annotated bibliography at this website: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm

I’ll summarize the page below:

- There is a difference between an annotation and an abstract. The abstract is a summarization of the writing piece while the annotation is an evaluation of ths peiec, its relevancy the relationship of the author to the work and the quality of the source.

-Th site says the following about the annotated Bib: “Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research.” so essentially I need to be able to read between the lines and familiarize myself with all of my sources to extract relevant informatino accurately.

- The following applies to the annotated bibs: “Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic”

Questions:

1) How can an annotated bibliography help you write the intro and lit review sections in your own paper?

Having a well annotated bibliography will allow me to review my sources and compile information about the author. ABs allow for a further evaluation of the kids of sources one will use in the writing and how the relate to the over all body of research in terms of content and accuracy.

2)How do you know if your sources from your anno bib are reliable, valid, timely, and unbiased?

One would use the information that you get from the refereed journals to determine the authors credibility and to find out if there is enough information to make the source reliable. In a sense, you would have to do research about the research to know that the information is indeed useful or relevant.

Source:

Cornell University, “How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography”. Cornell University. 15 Feb. 2010

<http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm>.

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Annotated Bibliography

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Parks, Cara, et al. “Examining Trends in Youth Voting: The effect of turnout, competition, and candidate attributes.”Conference Papers — Southern Political Science Association (2009): 1-6. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Feb. 2010.

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In this presentation to the American Political science Association in 2009, Cara Parks discusses the history of youth voter participation since 18 year olds gained the right to vote in 1972. The expectation at the time was that this new bloc of voters would shape elections for year to come. Historically, that notion has been proven false and voter participation has been at the lowest of all the age groups. She poses some answers as to what kinds og factors motivate young people to turn out in elections and how they can be better targeted in the future.

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Walker, Tobi. “‘Make them pay attention to us’: young voters and the 2004 election.” National Civic Review 95.1 (2006): 26+. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Feb. 2010.

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This article, from the National Civic Review in 2006 analyzes the way that young people turned out in the 2004 presidential election. There is a direct correlation with non partisan voter registration campaigns and other types of targeted marketing and how many people turn out to the polls. It gives the suggestion that there may finally have been a breakthrough in the way politics are marketed to young people. It is also suggested that the best way to keep encouraging participation is to keep up these kinds of campaigns (such as ‘rock the vote’).

Seagull, Louis M. “The Youth Vote and Change in American Politics.“ Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 397 (1971): 88-96.

< http://www.jstor.org/stable/1039021>

This entry an article from 1971 article arguing all the reasons why the youth vote will challenge the political landscape and shape the political system. It makes no predictions that there will be any particularly foreseeable partisan slant among young people but it does predict they will heavily influence the voting process. It was written by an then assistant professor of political science, Louis Seagull at Upenn in 1971.

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Williams, Dilafruz R. “Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement.” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning 14.2 (Spring 2008): 92(6). Academic OneFile. Gale. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 15 Feb. 2010

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“Educating for democracy” is an entry which examines youth participation in the 2008 presidential primaries and the role that education played in motivating that participation. The author also sets forth examples of political education and suggests ways that universities can continue to promote votership. There are also lesson suggestions for educators.

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Simba, Malik. “The Obama campaign 2008: a historical overview.” The Western Journal of Black Studies 33.3 (Fall 2009): 186(6). Academic OneFile. Gale. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 15 Feb. 2010

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While mostly all about the election and vision of President Obama during the campaign, this article give some insight as to how the youth vote was courter i the most effective way it had ever been by a presidential candidate. The election was the first time many different forms of communication tools were used such as. social networking sites, youtube and text messaging. These new methods of campaigning were successful and motivated youth participation.

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Diana Burgess, Beth Haney, Mark Snyder, John L. Sullivan and John E. Transue. “Rocking the Vote: Using Personalized Messages to Motivate Voting among Young Adults.” The Public Opinion Quarterly 64 (2000): 29-52

<http://www.jstor.org/stable/3078839>

This journal entry talks about the different ways in which youth voters were courted during the 2000 and 1996 presidential campaigns. Specifically, it looks at the ‘rock the vote’ campaign and it attempts to understand its impact on the election. Voter pledge card turned out to be a huge success during the campaign and it looks at the reasons for this.

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Donald P. Green, Alan S. Gerber and David W. Nickerson. “Getting out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments.” The Journal of Politics 65 (2003): 1083-1096.

<http://www.jstor.org/stable/3449922>

An interesting experiment was conducted under the supervision of Harvard University professors in which local elections were influenced by door to door awareness campaigns. The implications of this kind of resource is that more voter contact promotes participation. This can be extrapolated to include bigger elections like mid terms and other types of local contests.

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Bennion, Elizabeth A. “Caught in the Ground Wars: Mobilizing Voters during a Competitive Congressional Campaign.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 601 (2005): 123-141

< http://www.jstor.org/stable/25046129>

In the second congressional district in indiana, they conducted a ‘get out the vote’ campaign door to door and found that that type of awareness campaign boosted the numbers of youth voters but not older constituents. these kinds of results can be taken into consideration that looking at ways to encourage participation.

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Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green. “Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? An Update.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 601 (2005) 142-154

<http://www.jstor.org/stable/25046130>

This article looks at the impact of automated phone calls on elections. it examines how they are used to promote awareness and to increase turnout. The results of the study was that they were in effective and not useful to drive awareness.

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Daniel M. Shea and Rebecca Harris. “Why Bother? Because Peer-To-Peer Programs Can Mobilize Young Voters.” 39 (2006): 341-345

<http://www.jstor.org/stable/20451744>

“Why Bother?…” addresses the false overwhelming public opinion that young people are disconnected and disinterested. It makes the case for the opposite and shows how young people can be motivated to be a part of the system in a meaningful way. This type of information will help me to understand how young people are actually a part of the system of and what can be done to continue the record numbers of participation since the 2004 elections.