1. Select an article from one of the following journals (found online through the FIU library website and by doing a search for e-journals): American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Social Problems.
2. Find out the following about the research reported in the article:
What is the major theory, approach, question or topic that the article addresses?What is (are) the specific research question(s) or hypothesis(es) that are being researched?What is the methodology used? Relate this to the various methodological approaches presented in your text (survey, etc.).What were the conclusions of the research?How does this research help you understand a social issue in the media recently?3. Write up the answers to each of the five questions above in your own words using the format below, minimum 300 words (counting only your answers and not the references or the questions, or your name), maximum 1,000 words.
4. To receive credit, assignment must be turned in by 11:55 PM Sunday, August 4. Be sure to include the citation for the article or you will not get credit.
Here is the format:
Name
Id #
Emile Durkheim. “Towards a Social Theory of Suicide.” American Sociological Review 12:3 (January 1999), 55-74.
1. Theory or question addressed: Durkheim was interested in suicide as a social fact. His goal was to explain why, when comparing different nations, suicide rates show such consistency across time. He put forth the following theory of suicide: suicide rates vary by…yada, yada, yada.
2. Specific research question(s) or hypothesis(es): In order to test his theory, the author formulated the following hypotheses: 1) Catholics have lower…yada, yada, yada.
3. Methodology: Durkheim used secondary sources, compiling and computing the suicide rates for different European countries as found in the…etc, etc., etc.
4. Conclusions: After analyzing the data, Durkheim was able to confirm that indeed Catholics…etc., etc., etc.
5. Relevance to current issue: Understanding social causes of suicide is important because…
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