Literature review pertaining to research on how the internet (social media) has changed the way we form romantic relationships and the effectiveness of those relationships compared to traditional relationships. Literature review pertaining to research on how the internet (social media) has changed the way we form romantic relationships and the effectiveness of those relationships compared to traditional relationships. Purpose of lit. review: Provide background and context for readers Boost your ethos as an author by demonstrating that you’ve done your research Prepare you to enter the ongoing conversation about your area of inquiry Your lit. review will consist of¦: Summaries of other qualitative studies/secondary sources related to your area of inquiry Notes on limitations/emphases/focuses of the previous studies Essential components of a good summary: 1) Introduce the source a. In their article œBlah Blah Blah, Johan and Keasler argue¦ 2) One sentence summary, often paired with the intro (see no. 1) 3) A few more sentences that get dig deeper into the source while sticking to the most important material 4) [Transitions between summaries] Summary: a significantly condensed presentation of another author’s work; gives readers a sense of the main ideas in someone else’s work Paraphrase: putting an idea or a sentence from a source into your own words; paraphrases usually are roughly the same length of the material they rework ALWAYS cite material adapted from other sources, even if it is not directly quoted Copying/pasting and changing a word or two DOES NOT COUNT as a paraphrase Any time you rely on the exact words and phrases of an author, put that material in quotation marks