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Unit VIII. Social Institutions
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Exploring Data
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Media Violence Research Project
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DescriptionThis is a large research project, and will take much longer than most of the other resources found on this website. It is recommended that you do not assign more than one or two of the research projects. This research project focuses on television violence, and how it affects society. The student watches television and codes the violence observed. Then the student writes two letters to the network that carries the television show, and one of its sponsers, detailing his or her research findings.
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Learning GoalsTo practice doing original sociology research.Back to top
To understand how to code something.
To see how social science research can have an affect on society. -
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Creator/SourceFrom Eleen A. Baumann, Richard G. Mitchell, Jr., and Caroline Hodges Persell. 1989. Encountering Society: Student Resource Manual to accompany Persell, Understanding Society, Third Edition. New York: Harper & Row. Exercise 9, “Media Violence Research Project,” p. 323-334.