My research topic is on changes in communication skills in person that have been brought about by social media. The searches that I have been conducting through the databases have been useful in helping me narrow my search to what I really want to focus on. Although it has been hard to find research that is in line with what I envisioned this project to be about, I find that few ones I have found have been really good and helpful.

Subject Search:

Academic Search Premier

Subject Search: Social media

• Parameters
  • AND communication skills
  • 2016 – 2021
• Results: 98
• Citation that led me here:
  • The Role of Offline Places for Communication and Social Interaction in Online and Virtual Spaces in the Multinational Workplace.
    • Pettersen, L. (2016). The Role of Offline Places for Communication and Social Interaction in Online and Virtual Spaces in the Multinational Workplace. NORDICOM Review, 37, 131–146.

These results were useful, in fact, this has been one of my most fruitful searches. I go back a lot more articles that were more focused on the subject that I wanted to discuss or research.

Citation Tracking:

Database: Communication & Mass Media Complete

Citation:

Kahraman, E., Gokasan, T. A., & Ozad, B. E. (2020). Usage of social networks by digital natives as a new communication platform for interpersonal communication: A study on university students in Cyprus. Interaction Studies, 21(3), 440–460. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1075/is.20004.kah

Cited: 55

Cited by: 1

This search was very insightful because I have done research projects in the past by I was never taught to do citation tracing to see how my sources came to be or how they contributed to other conversations. This search was very useful because I learned of different trains of thought or theories that contributed to my sources.