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Qiwei Yang
Marina Wobeck
ENG 114.1003
February 17, 2015
Source Evaluation
Source 1: Justin W. Patchin. “Summary of Our Research (2004-2014).” Cyberbullying Research
Center. 09 Apr. 2014. Web. 16 Feb. 2015.
This article is just one year old so that it should be considered up-to-date. Actually, there is many
useful information in this article. My topic requires some current information, especially
statistics. Fortunately, I can get a lot current statistics from this article. In this article, there are
two principal charts. One is cyberbullying victimization, and the other one is cyberbullying. I
plan to use the statistics of those charts to support my argument that cyberbullying is a common
problem among young students or teens. This article shows the percentage of students, which are
in their studies, who has been bullied by others. Of course, it shows the percentage of people,
which are in their studies, who has bullied others. This article was published on Cyberbullying
Research Center website. Cyberbullying Research Center aim for providing up-to-date
information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among
adolescents. This center is directed by Dr. Sameer Hinduja and Dr. Justin Patchin. Both of them
were graduated from good universities. Sameer is a professor of criminal justice, and Justin is a
professor of criminal justice and criminology. They are trustworthy, because their majors well
relate to symbolically which is also a kind of crime. There are not any links or references
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provided by the author of the article; however, some of his ideas can be found in other sources,
which make the information seem more reliable. All arguments are supported with evidences,
especially statistics. It is difficult to tell how reliable this evidence is, because he does not
provide any citations and quotations. The information does not seem to be biased, because there
is no way to make bias. This article mainly shows two charts with statistics. It is objected
because the outcomes were gained from studies.
Source 2: Meghan Elaine Hobbs. “E-Bullies: The Detrimental Effects of Cyberbullying on
Students’ Life Satisfaction.” Miami University, May, 2009. Web. 16 Feb. 2015.
This article is about six years old so that it cannot be considered up-to-date, but there is many
useful information in this article. My topic requires some current information; however, some
