Sociological Theories in Newspaper Articles

Find a newspaper article and identify the structural functionalist, social conflict and symbolic interaction view of social problem or sociological topic. Think about how structural functionalists see society: social harmony, with a high degree of social order, and social institutions meeting their manifest and latent functions. Please follow this same format for structural functional and social conflict theories.

•           Write at least 1 paragraph summarizing your article, please put it into your own words.

•           Write at least 3 paragraphs explaining why the article you found represents the theoretical perspectives, ideally one paragraph per theory.