Example Socialization Project 4: Alcohol & Tobacco

An example considering the impact of advertising on consumption of alcohol and tobacco.

Notice the inclusion of research findings that are contrary to the message of the advertising.

Example Socialization Project 2: British

This example focuses on the topic of peer groups.

It names types of groups but does not define them.

It explores the experience of receiving pressure, but does not make the typologies as clear as other examples.

It does use a research report at the end, to draw its material together.

Example Socialization Project from YouTube

 A project focusing on gender role socialization.

Techniques used:

• Contrast of visual images from searching
• Contrast of typologies of female roles
• Contrast of typologies of male roles
• Use of popular culture (TV, music) as representative of media socialization

Example: GapCast on Bangladesh

Example: Hobbes Index Map

Hobbes Index Map, originally uploaded by Edith OSB.

Chapter 1 highlights three key points:

• rates of social characteristics have stability over time
• rates of social characteristics differ by context
• sources of differences in social characteristics can be discovered

The World Freedom Atlas is a project that involves gathering statistics from public locations, organizing them into coherent groups, and using world maps to present the results.

World Freedom Atlas is also listed on the MAPS page (see tab above)