Step 1: The first step in writing your literature review will be to identify your topic. For this module, you will expand on the topic that you worked on in Module 3. The research question for your topic is found below:
Empirical Research Question:
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND LONELINESS IN ADOLESCENTS?
Step 2: You will identify at least 5 empirical research articles related to this topic. If you recall from your PSY 360 course, empirical articles are research articles that report the findings of previously conducted research. These articles must have the following sections: Introduction/literature review, method, results, discussion and references. The articles that you select must be no older than 2018.
Step 3: Use the attached literature review outline to organize and summarize each of your articles. You must discuss each article in a separate paragraph and discuss each article in chronological order. What this means is that you will summarize a 2018 article before you discuss a 2019 article. If several articles have the same year, then this rule is not necessary.
Step 4: Once you have summarized each of your 5 articles, your final paragraph is the conclusion. Review the literature review outline for details.
Step 5: Be sure to proof read your literature review to make sure that you have used proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. Additionally, you must include proper APA in text citations in the body of your paper as well as an APA title page and an APA reference list page. Please be sure to follow the sample that is attached.
Key Points: Your paper must conform to the following standards:
3-5 pages in length
12 point Times New Roman
1 inch margins
Double spaced
3 paragraph format
An APA Title page
At least five APA in-text citation
An APA Reference List
Scoring Rubric*
_____ Introduction (10 points possible)
_____ Discussion of topic and why it is important
_____Literature Review (15 points possible)
_____ at least 5 paragraphs. Each paragraph summarizes an empirical article. Articles selected must be no older than 2018 (chronological order).
_____ Proper identification of each study’s research question, method/participants and findings
_____ Proper use of APA in text citations
_____ Concluding Paragraph (10 points possible)
_____ Restates purpose of the study/importance of the topic
_____ Predict where research in the field will go next.
_____ The conclusion is properly punctuated and well written
_____Formatting (15 points possible)
_____ is formatted correctly
_____ APA Title Page (formatted correctly)
_____ Reference page (formatted correctly, alpha order)
_____ does not contain more than three grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors
_____Total (out of 50 points)
