Furthermore, in my social media project, I became more experienced with integrating sources ideas with my own by using summaries, paraphrasing, quotation, and analysis. One example I wrote in my paper was; “ ‘Living in the context of the screen might suggest false norms of desirable lifestyles awash with friends and parties. As ordinary human beings follow the activities of these golden individual’s, self-esteem will cause inevitable plummet; yet the constant narcissistic obsession with the self and its inadequacies will dominate’ (Greenfield 119). Though I agree that self-esteem and narcissistic behaviors exist I don’t agree that everyone will develop these practices. Self-esteem and narcissistic actions may be more prevalent now in time but don’t necessarily mean that everyone who uses social media will be affected by these traits. With that said, I do agree that seeing others post something that seems favorable might have a more significant attraction to persuade one to act out. In other words, people might try to be more like what they saw online.” Here I stated a quote from my source Susan Greenfield, and put in my own opinion on her opinion. To offer two types of opinions on a subject rather than just one. Moreover, I agreed to disagree, which showed that I saw both sides of the argument which can set me up for a naysayer. I mostly used quotes in my paper when using other sources, but sporadically throughout my paper I paraphrased a writer’s thoughts rather than quote her exact words. In my opinion, it’s important to add in your own opinion whenever using another sources words to show an understanding of what you are putting into your work rather than just putting it in for a grade. I think that I definitely became more comfortable with framing my sentences after a quote.
