Sociological Theories in Newspaper Articles

nstructions: 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.(10 points)

•           Write at least 3 paragraphs explaining why the article you found represents the theoretical perspectives, ideally one paragraph per theory. (25 points per theory explanation and application)

Conclusion(5 points)

For this essay, you are to write a 2.5-3 page paper/not to include the works cited page.

Put your name, course and section number, and assignment title at the top of the document.

Use one-inch margins.

Use a 12-point Times New Roman font.

Use double line spacing in the document.

Use MLA Citation Style