• Ferraro, FR.  "Texting/iPod Dependence, Executive Function and Sleep Quality in College Students." COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 49 (2015): 44-9. Web.
• In Ferraro's article, "Texting/iPod Dependence, Executive Function and Sleep Quality in College Students,"  Ferraro focuses on how new media technology links to college students' sleep patterns and how these sleep patterns affect the students' academic performances. First, the students were classified into two different groups known as "poor" sleepers and "good" sleepers. After these classifications were made, the students in the groups were analyzed based on their behavioral patterns. Those students that were classified as poor sleepers showed that they are more prone to be more dependent on iPod and texting use than those students that were classified as good sleepers. It was also shown that the poor sleepers were more likely to develop anxiety and depression. Due to these impacts, it was also shown that the students that were poor sleepers were more likely to perform at a lower academic level than those students that are good sleepers. I believe that this article can benefit my research because it provides new insight on how outside influences can cause new media to have a negative impact on students' learning abilities. I believe that since Ferraro is a psychology professor at the University of North Dakota that the information found in this article is accurate.