User:Su Al Spring 2008

Hi my name is Alex Sullivan :)

Subcultural Deviance & Underage Drinking

 * 1) Objective I propose to create a Flickr project showing strain theory and sub-cultural deviance through underage drinking at OU.
 * 2) Interest This is interesting because strain theory explains why people engage in underage drinking, which is considered deviant by the University, and sub-cultural deviance explains how, according to the student sub-culture, we are not deviant by engaging in underage drinking.
 * 3) Background reading I will read wikipedia, text book and other basic sociology texts on the following topics:
 * 4) I will also find scholarly research on the general issue of underage drinking. Posting links here.
 * 5) I will find popular press discussions of underage drinking.  Perhaps Wikipedia articles, blog entrys, newspaper and magazine stories, etc.
 * 6) General Plan I plan to take pictures of students engaged in underage drinking at social events.  I also plan to take pictures of authority figures (cops, RA’s, etc.), University landmarks, and signs that prohibit underage drinking.  I then plan to organize the photographs and then compose an essay explaining the link between the pictures, strain theory, and sub-cultural deviance.
 * 7) Collaborators  I will be working alone.