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Costello-Dougherty, Malaika. "News Literacy: How to Teach Students to Search Smart." Edutopia. Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2010 . \n
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This article is tageted towards english teachers. It notes that the ability to distinguish good news from biased news is critcal for students to do research. She says that some news like in the Onion may look convincing, but it is slanted and biased and not as clear news as the New York Times. She gives advice to tell students how to determine what is fact and was is not when reading and reseraching the news.

The purpose of this study was to assess the health literacy levels, and the potential importance of healthy literacy, of college students. Ickes, Melinda J., and Randall Cottrell. "Health Literacy in College Students." Journal of American College Health 58.5 (2010): 491-498. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

Ickes, Melinda, Randall Cottrell. "Health Literacy in College Students." Journal of American College Health 58.5 (Mar/Apr2010): 491-8. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article is about a study done on college students to test their health literacy. The study tested students ability to recognize and understand health terms and labels.

Plester, Beverly, Clare Wood, and Victoria Bell. "Txt msg n school literacy: does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children's literacy attainment?." Literacy 42.3 (2008): 137-144. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children who own and use mobile phones regularly. Some of these children even prefer text messaging to actual conversation and have developed a knowledge of an abbreviated language used in text messages known as "textisms." Many studies have focused on the effects of "textisms" in the language of adults, but few have focused on children and how extreme exposure to text messaging affects their development of language. The authors strive to evaluate these effects in this article, which describes a study they performed. The first part of the study analyzed how the number of text messages sent along with the knowledge of "textisms" affect performance on a standardized test known as the Key Stage test. The second part focused on the link between the use of "textisms" and spelling and writing. From this study and the results it produced, the authors determined that, in general, there is not a connection between text messaging and poor writing and reading abilities.

"Position of the American Dietetic Association: Individualized Nutrition Approaches for Older Adults in Health Care Communities." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 110.10 (2010): 1549-1553. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article explains the importance of the American Dietetics Association for elderly people with health care. Without the ADA most people would not know what their diets should consist. This association assessed the necessities for each persons medical condition. They consult dietitians to make sure that everyone is getting their proper needs. Without the ADA people would not be able to recognize what was necessary in order to be healthy.

Yiou, Fan, et al. "Associations between body mass index, weight control concerns and behaviors, and eating disorder symptoms among non-clinical Chineseadolescents." BMC Public Health 10.(2010): 314-325. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. Although this article's data is taken from China, the data is also relevant here. A study was taken from both men and women and their body mass index. After the study the scientists reviewed that most of the adolescents scored very high in having problems or disorders. I can only conclude that here in the United States that we would have an even bigger problem than China.

Korinth, Anne, Sonja Schiess, and Joachim Westenhoefer. "Eating behaviour and eating disorders in students of nutrition sciences." Public Health Nutrition 13.1 (2010): 32-37. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how some students who study nutrition are more likely to develop eating disorders. People can not decide whether or not the students are making better nutritional decisions or not. It comes to the conclusion that students who know more about health and nutrition are more likely to develop these disorders because they are more aware of their intake. Therefore, there is no specific type of student which is affected by nutrition and health.

Jackson, Rebecca A., Tanya R. Berry, and Michael D. Kennedy. "The Relationship Between Lifestyle and Campus Eating Behaviours in Male and Female University Students." College Student Journal 43.3 (2009): 860-871. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article gives a lot of information about college students and the risks that they are taking when they come to a new environment while being on their own. Several tests were taken to determine the difference between males and females and their behaviors towards drinking, eating, and exercising. It does a really good job on separating the genders and showing that the male and female lifestyle drastically changes when they come to college. It shows statistics on how much the cost of a student would spend depending on their physical activity as well. Overall, college can have an extreme impact on a students' life.

Thome, Jennifer, and Dorothy L. Espelage. "Relations among exercise, coping, disordered eating, and psychological health among college students." Eating Behaviors 5.4 (2004): 337-351. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the negative and positive affects of exercising on men and women. It explains how the two are able to handle certain things and how it affects their mental health. It also shows the positive and negative affects on eating between the sexes. It is shown that trying to be healthy can have a bad impact on a person as well.

Greenblatt, Alan. "Impact of the Internet on Thinking." 2010. CQ Researcher. Vol 20. pg 773-796. Web. 18 Nov 2010. As the internet is becoming a dominant source of information and offers many more activities, the way people do searches on the internet has changed. We have come to use the computer and internet more and more while doing searches, academic or otherwise, and people have started to question whether or not the internet is changing the way we think.

Engeln-Maddox, Renee, and Steven A. Miller. "TALKING BACK TO THE MEDIA IDEAL: THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE CRITICAL PROCESSING OF BEAUTY IMAGES SCALE." Psychology of Women Quarterly 32.2 (2008): 159-171. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Thin and flawless, this is beauty. According to the media the ideal female body is thin, tan, tall, and completely flawless. That is what the magazines and the movies have taught us to believe and that is what most women have been made to think. However, the research in this article shows that women are more critical of these images than previously thought. It shows that women do not accept these images as what to strive for and they realize that they are unattainable and fake.

"Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act." Roesch Library Catalog. 04 Oct. 2007. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. . This addresses the questions that are often posed to the Deaf community. It refences the Deaf as disabled, which is very taboo to the deaf. There is an overview of hearing imparement and what it entails. It also details the different ways to compensate if the company does have a Deaf or hard of hearing employee.

Peterson, Sharon, et al. "Positive Changes in Perceptions and Selections of Healthful Foods by College Students After a Short-Term Point-of-Selection Intervention at a Dining Hall." Journal of American College Health 58.5 (2010): 425-431. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. By putting out flyers, signs, table tents, and numerous other things, these experimenters searched to find the link between these short term items next to healthy food items. They found that after having these out that college students tended to go to the more healthy options when they actually realized what they were. They concluded that not only did this short term effect work but that the college students did not know what their healthy options were and therefore were happy to be notified.

Kicklighter, Jana Regina, et al. "College Freshmen Perceptions of Effective and Ineffective Aspects of Nutrition Education." Journal of American College Health 59.2 (2010): 98-104. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Graduate students taught a group of college students more about nutrition and healthy options to eat. Coming out of the experiment students claimed to know more about nutrition and that having a graduate student as their teacher helped them learn. They said this because of their image and likeness to them. The outcome of this experience was a greater understanding of nutrition and advance in this field.

Chambers, Karen L., and Susan M. Alexander. "MEDIA LITERACY AS AN EDUCATIONAL METHOD FOR ADDRESSING COLLEGE WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE ISSUES." Education 127.4 (2007): 490-497. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Women are all exposed to images in the media of thin, perfect looking models and are almost always under pressure to look like them. As a result, some women develop an eating disorder to become thin like these models they see in the media. However, not all women do develop an eating disorder. This article discussed the possibility that this is because some women are taught to analyze these images and messages and so they are not as effected by them. Through this media literacy they can overcome what they are shown and they do not hurt themselves and have a healthy self image.

Hammer, Tonya R. "Controlling Images, Media, and Women's Development: A Review of the Literature." Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 4.3 (2009): 202-216. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. From a young age children, especially girls are told or shown what is acceptable for them to look like. The main forms they are shown this is through movies, television, and advertising. Advertising in particular starts at a young age forming children's opinions of what is normal. This is true for both men and women. They are shown this specifically through stereotypes of each gender to form what they should look like, act like, and with whom they should befriend.

Gurari, Inbal, John J. Hetts, and Michael J Strube. "Beauty in the "I" of the Beholder: Effects of Idealized Media Portrayals on Implicit Self-Image." Basic & Applied Social Psychology 28.3 (2006): 273-282. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article discusses the results found in a study of people about how they feel about their self images. It shows that there is a difference between how the subjects reacted and they are measured with explicit reactions and implicit reactions. Both of these styles of reactions show similar results as previous studies showing that the level of beauty stressed in media caused children, especially girls to have a lower self esteem and makes them have more emphasis of their own personal appearance.

Burns, Shari M., and Kevin Lohenry. "CELLULAR PHONE USE IN CLASS:IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING A PILOT STUDY." College Student Journal 44.3 (2010): 805-810. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010.

Crystal, David. "Texting." ELT Journal: English Language Teachers Journal Jan. 2008: 77+. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010.

Rosen, Larry D., et al. "The Relationship Between "Textisms" and Formal and Informal Writing Among Young Adults." Communication Research 37.3 (2010): 420-440. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is about whether or not there is a connection between textisms and the quality of writing. There has been an overwhelming increase in the use of text messaging, and in some cases young adults use messages more than talking. Two studies were performed trying to determine if there is a relationship, because not much research has been completed. On top of that most of the research has yielded different results. These two studies did not see a connection between the use of textisms and formal writing, but it did between the use of textisms and informal writing.

Smith, Peter K., et al. "Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils." Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry 49.4 (2008): 376-385. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. Bullying has taken on a new form as it has started to occur through the Internet and cell phones and has begun to be known as "cyberbullying." This article focuses on a study in which students of secondary schools took a survey on how often the had been bullied through electronic means. In the first study, phone call and text messaging bullying were most frequent. In the second study, phone call and instant messaging were most frequent and text messaging next. Both studies discovered that cyberbullying takes place more often outside of school than inside school. This can be stopped maybe by informing parents more and including this topic in education.

Jenaro, Cristina, et al. "Problematic internet and cell-phone use: Psychological, behavioral, and health correlates." Addiction Research & Theory 15.3 (2007): 309-320. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. Recently, more studies have been performed to examine newly developed addictions to technologies such as the Internet and cell phones. Some of these studies have found that full-time students are more at risk to develop these addictions and that these addictions are related to some psychological and behavioral disorders. To see if these observations are correct, a study was performed in which three hundred and thirty-seven college students participated. The first thing that was determined was that there was not a correlation between internet or cell phone over-use and substance abuse or gambling addiction. The second was that there was a correlation between technology over-use and psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia. The third was that healthy behavior and technology over-use are not related.