Find 3 academic sources relevant to your topic that contain useful information and ideas on your topic.
Include bibliographic information (author, year, publication title…)
Examine and review each source.
Write a 1 paragraph summary for each one explaining why it’s relevant to your topic, what you learn from them, etc.
Summarize the central argument in your own words. Don’t just say “This is what the author argues.”
Explain how it is related to your topic or your research question.
Length: one paragraph for each source
Follow this format for each source:
Waite, Linda J., et al. “Non-family Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults.” American Sociological Review, vol. 51, no. 4, 1986, pp. 541-554.
The authors use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of non-family living. This article is relevant to my topic because it provides detailed information on young women and men’s thoughts about family. In my project, I am analyzing how single young women and men are represented on television and this article helps me to show the connections between media representations and everyday experiences.
Make sure your using same research question as the first assignment you did! Thank you!
