Social Problems News Analysis

This weekly assignment will require students to read either local or

national newspapers (Dayton Daily News, USA Today, and New York

Times for example) in order to keep up with current events. Find an

Article about one of the social problems discussed in that academic week and write a 1-page reaction paper

about the article. This writing should include a brief summary of the

article, statement of the social problem and what you feel about it. You should also make reference to and apply sociological theories, themes and concepts used in the textbook.

THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS. It is a reaction paper.

Please make sure to include all of what is required of the analysis and you will do well. Papers that do not meet the FULL page requirement will earn a zero.

Possible topics from the textbook.

Chapter 1 Studying Social Problems in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 2 Wealth and Poverty: U.S. and Global Economic Inequities

Chapter 3 Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Chapter 4 Gender Inequality

Chapter 5 Inequality Based on Age

Chapter 6 Inequality Based on Sexual Orientation

Chapter 7 Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry

Chapter 8 Alcohol and Other Drugs

Chapter 9 Crime and Criminal Justice

Chapter 10 Health Care: Problems of Physical and Mental Illness

Chapter 11 The Changing Family

Chapter 12 Problems in Education

Chapter 13 Problems in Politics and the Global Economy

Chapter 14 Problems in the Media

Chapter 15 Population, Global Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis

Chapter 16 Urban Problems

Chapter 17 Global Social Problems: War and Terrorism

Chapter 18 Can Social Problems Be Solved?  

Must attach the news in PDF folder or the article