Research Book Log Due Wednesday April 11, 2012 (1)

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	Mary-Lou Galician
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	2004
City of Publication Ex: New York	Mahwah, New Jersey
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):  Ex: Print	Print
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

People will agree that the media has influenced individuals in many ways, but they will only agree to others being influenced they will not admit that they have been influenced in any way, Standford psychologist Philip Zimbardo observed this impression years ago and called it "the illusion of personal invulnerability" (Galician 81).

The social learning theory considers the media to be the main "socialization agents, along with family, peers, and classroom teachers...this theory asserts that we learn by 'modeling' the behavior of in-person or mediated real people or fictional characters through imitation" (Galician 82),

Albert Bandura argued that kids learn rules and behaviors mainly by watching "real or fictional models" (Galician 83).

People have began to study the effects of the mass media in the early part of the last century when "public concern about the impact of movies on children and adolescents prompted the privately funded Payne Studies (Galician 84).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

This book is about how the media has influenced society through sex, love, and romance. It talks about how people think they should model what they see through the media. It is said in the book that even children are learning through the media how they "should act" and they begin to imitate what they see on tv

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 
The author is Dr. Mary-Lou Galician. She attended Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. 
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 
This author does not have much to gain other than to inform their readers on how the society does affect them.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 
I do detect a slight bias, I feel she favors the side of the media having only a negative influence on society by manipulating their views on sex, love, and romance. 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 
The author cites many references in their writing which makes their work much stronger. It adds to their credibility. 
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I will use this source as a small part of the paper to say that the media does not only affect how people feel about their self image but they also make people think that sex, love, and romance should only be the way it is in the media and manipulates people into thinking that their lives should be like that.