Essays on Social Problem

INTRODUCTION

Children have long been a target of consumerism and marketing. Their young, immature minds are taken as the ideal grounds for expanding businesses and victimizing them into becoming the future consumers and materialists of the country. However, it is true that marketing to children is a gigantic social problem which also encompasses ethical and moral standards of individuals as well as of the growing children. There are many factors which promote child consumerism and there are several repercussions of this action. Children are individuals who need to be kept away from these environmental pressures and be allowed to grow ...

Introduction

Child abuse and maltreatment is a broad term that refers to different types of abuses that children may experience in their environment. Abuses and maltreatment may come in the form of neglect, exposure to violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse. Children are the most vulnerable segment of society when it comes to abuse and neglect. Being unable to protect and care for themselves, some children are subjected to abuses and maltreatment, most often, by family members themselves. The perpetrators of abuse and maltreatment of children may also vary. Aside from parents and siblings, children can also be ...

Introduction

The United States is one of the most developed countries, but it is also one of the countries with the highest level of income inequality. According to research, more than half of the nation’s income goes to only 5% of the population, while the remaining half is shared by the 95%. One way of measuring a nation’s income inequality is through the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0 to 1 wherein 0 corresponds to total equality; a scenario wherein everyone is earning the same amount while 1 corresponds to total ...

What kinds of information would you collect to address problems such as drugs, prostitution, and vandalism?

For addressing problems such as prostitution, drug use, and vandalism; it is important to find the reasons for their misdemeanours. Social problems in our society are caused by presence of problems that affect individuals in such a way that they are forced to join a life they would rather avoid. The information that will help in addressing such social problems is identifying the causes that lead to people committing to prostitution, drug use and vandalism. Identification of causes will help would help to create frameworks in the society that would address the issues and help people who are already ...

America is a diverse nation with people of all most all ethnic origins in the world. With this in mind, one would expect the country to be racially accepting. On the same note, a person would expect the cultural differences, races, religions, and other factors such as sexual orientations to bring the residents in the nation together. However, this has not been the case. Research shows that discrimination is one social problem that many people in the country have to deal with. The aspect of discrimination has created a notable social issue since many people are discriminated against on ...

Part A. Answer the following questions based on the literature:

PTP (Pretrial publicity) creates a set of problems that forensic social/cognitive/experimental psychologists are uniquely qualified to address. What are some of these problems? Hint: they are psychological (social/cognitive) and legal (procedural/substantive). Thus, begin by addressing: why we are concerned with PTP at all? What are the alleged effects and what does the social science research indicate regarding these effects (be specific in citing literature)? One of the problems, caused by Pre-Trial Publicity is the cognitive one. This means that juries get the information about the case under some circumstances, identified by the pre-trial mass media articles, which they ...

People used to behave foolishly and make a lot of mistakes during their life. For the most part, three years of Middle school is considered to be exactly such period of time. Middle school is also believed to be a quite dangerous territory. Children unnoticeably transformed into “teenagers”, a new title they are not fully aware of. Some misunderstand this title as the right to admit themselves better than the rest and even humiliate or offend weaker people. On the one hand, due to the maturity, many pupils began to notice considerable differences between people. On the other hand, ...

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Introduction Youth homelessness is a general term that refers to vagrancy that affects a homogenous youth population. This population includes “unaccompanied youth, runaways, throwaways, street youth, and systems youth” (Moore 2). Homelessness is an age-old social problem that has plagued most modern societies. In the United States, the problem regarding youth homelessness can be traced as far back as the earliest history of the country; back when the first Europeans settled in the New World. According to Moore, an expert affiliated with the National Center for Homeless Education, youth homelessness has been existent while the country was ...

POVERTY AND CRIME

Introduction to background study Crime and poverty are some of the challenges that different societies face, and they have the effect of hindering attainment of a country's economic development. Through the development of practical policy issues, different governments struggle to eradicate crime and poverty, with the aim of achieving economic growth (Saunders, 2015). Crime has adverse effects on business performance due to instability and uncertainty issues. Different bodies are concerned that crime has put various governments at stake from achieving economic development, especially in the developing countries. Crime, as a setback to economic growth in the society, contributes to ...

Annotated Bibliography

Bauerlein, Mark. The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking. New York: Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin, 2011. Print This book is directly related to the topic on online social networking because it discusses the different risks and advantages associated with the use of social media, according to the interpretation of different commentators. There are those who see these technological developments as innovative steps towards better education, information access and progress in humanity. However, there are people who are also concerned about the negative impact it has on our society. For example, these online ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Poverty is a problem that has existed since the beginning of time. Although we primarily view poverty as the lack of finances in today’s currency driven economy, in reality, poverty can be measured absolutely or relatively, depending on a number of different factors that contribute to the target population being assessed. A closer look at the definition of poverty reveals that; Poverty can be defined in a range of different ways: as lack of resources or income available to purchase necessities or to achieve an acceptable standard of living; through actual levels of expenditure; ...

Nowadays homelessness has become a complicated global issue. It is often viewed as an extreme form of social exclusion, largely due to common stereotypes. Since problems of homeless people are rarely discussed in the media, society does not realize the harsh reality these people live in. Several months ago, I was walking down the street when I noticed a man scavenging through the trash for something to eat. I have paid attention to his cloths that were from famous brand H&M. Being involved in the homeless community for a certain period of time, people eventually learns basic rules of ...

This paper is a critical review of the journal The emergence of a social problem: Single-parent families in U.S. popular magazines and social science journals, 1900 – 1998 that was authored by Margaret Usdansky. The sponsor of the research was partly supported by the National Science Foundation grant. The study was based on five hypotheses. The first hypothesis talks of newsworthy contemporary issues being inversely proportional to the quantity of discourse regarding single parent families (Usdansky, 2008). The second hypothesis touches on the nonexistent relationship between social science journal discourse and contemporary issues that are newsworthy. The third hypothesis talks ...

In the 21st century, climate change has emerged as one of the main threats to the environmental wellbeing of earth as a planet and the ecosystems. The National Academy of Sciences, in its 2009 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change stated that “Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Therefore, humans are under a challenge to formulate guidelines, practices and behavioural standards that ensure that economic opportunities and improve quality of life are available to the human population in the long run and also climate and eco-systems are sustainably maintained. Notably, climate change and in ...

Socialization is the process of transforming a child into a responsible individual aware of his or her roles and position in the society by educating them on the social norms, laws of the environment and customs. It promotes the holistic development of a child. It also helps the child learn how to relate to others by learning various aspects of communication as well as how to respect and appreciate others as well as their cultures (Crespi 3).

What are Gender Roles?

Gender roles are society norm sets that show what kind of behavior is accepted for a person based on their sex. Thus, ...

Child Abuse

Abstract This paper addresses child sexual abuse as a crime that impacts the victim psychologically, leading to long-term devastating consequences. Over the last three centuries, the number of children who have experienced sexual abuse is staggering. Also, there are many unreported cases mainly incest. Importantly, child sexual assault in the U.S. emerged as a social problem due to the high number of assault reports and lack of policies to curb the vice (Goodyear-Brown, 2011). Traditional laws were only protective as opposed to contemporary legislation that punishes the offenders. Also, children protective agencies didn’t address the issue of incest ...

Abstract

The essay looks at the social problem of racism in society. Racial and ethnic minorities are seen a poorer quality of health care as compared to the White non-minorities. Although the sources of these disparities are complex, they are rooted in historic inequities. Racism in health care industry involves many participants and at different levels, such as the healthcare systems, healthcare professionals, and the patients. Stereotyping, biases and uncertainty contribute to disparities in the treatments provided. Minorities experience a range of barriers when accessing health care. The purpose of the essay is to study the social problem and what ...

Introduction

In the end of the twentieth century the United States was concerned with the spread of the drug abuse among the pregnant females. Several experts came to the conclusion that the addiction to the drug during the pregnancy will impact the mental and physical health of the child. Moreover, the experts predicted that the children born by the mother using the drugs will show the unsatisfactory academic performance. Besides, it should be said that the increased interest of society to the problem with crack babies was caused by the policy introduced by Ronald Reagan on position of the President ...

Inequality is one of the greatest social problems as the result of the racism. The differences can be perceived not only economically, but also politically and is one of the major global challenges. Studies show that inequality can result in poverty and creation of social classes in the societies. This situation can be elaborated by Marxist theory of Communist Manifesto. The theory states that states that those who own the means of production ‘capitalists’ take advantage of the poor ‘proletariats’ and amass wealth which causes the social class issues. I am going to discuss the inequalities that result as ...

Race has played a critical role in determining the current situation of the citizens in the United States. According to California Newsreel (2003), a film focusing on racial matters and the living standards of the US inhabitants before and after the World Wars describes the situation. There was a massive immigration from southern and eastern Europe during the early 20th Century, which brought Hebrews, Greeks, Italians and other ethnics to America. Naturalization Act required one to be ‘white’ to be granted citizenship. After the World War II, some races such as the Jews and other European groups fared better ( ...

Introduction

The contemporary issue of obesity is worldwide causing not just health, but also economic and social problems. It is becoming ever more concerning issue, since the trend of the obesity rate in the recent past has increased. There has been various researches made so far that examined the issue, but the majority was focused on the health effect that can greatly impact individual and future quality of life or economic issues where every year, more is spend in trying to diminish the rates, but they are focusing on curative not so much in the preventive. The obesity can be ...

Assignment one: The Sociological Viewpoint toward Social Problems

Assignment one: the Sociological Viewpoint toward Social Problems Kaufman & Feldman (2004) cites that the sociological approach concerning social problems tends to differ from other approaches since this approach focuses on individuals’ interaction in the society. The sociological approach creates awareness due to social and structural forces. To tackle a social problem using sociological approach one has to complete definition of the subject unlike psychologists, biologists, and the economist approach. For instance, a scientific approach applies rigid methodologies and qualitative techniques while the sociological approach tends to avoid complex procedures. A psychological approach checks on a person’s ability in relation to ...

Kuwait community comprises from a number of nomads who happened to settle on the coastal region of Arabian Gulf. Searching for greener pastures is a characteristic of nomads and so explains the reason of settlement along the coast, they also consisted of several tribes with from different clans. After settling at the coastal region, they looked for the safest shelter by building forts, this was to cater for security purpose against other nomads who were also in search for greener pastures. Many Kuwaitis settled and population increased, this led to formation of nations, ethnicity, economic activities and political interests developed as ...

Drug and substance abuse are a social problem present in every community. Some of the organization set to address this social issue includes the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This organization is an organ of United Nation. The member states established the UNODC to assist their local community addressing the issue of crime that emanates from drug abuse. This organization focuses on interrelated issues that seek to prevent crime and the use of illegal drugs (Leon- Guerrero, 2012). This organization has fashioned its mandate that focuses on three pillars.

In the first pillar, ...

Discussion Question One

The main objectives of the program were to raise awareness as well as to educate on the dangers of alcohol and substance abuse. The program was also designed to educate the youth on how to subdue the influence of the social environment towards alcohol and substance abuse. Finally, the program was designed to educate the youth on financial and recreational time management in order to prevent the tendency towards the alcohol and substance abuse. The outcomes evaluation was performed based on these objectives. At the end of the project, the literacy levels of the participants, especially on the ...

Introduction

The social problem in this case will be drug addicts. There are various types of drugs that can be abused such as alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, etc. Such drugs create dependence syndrome on the user if it is used for long periods of time. Therefore, they are meant to be avoided, and young children taught to avoid them and influences that may cause them to take drugs. The drugs alter the body and the mind and the individual starts behaving in an unusual manner. The person usually stops doing all the things that they found joy in as ...

The sociological viewpoint of social problem sees it as conditions that influence the quality of life of a considerable population, or aspects that deprive the society of its cherished values. According to this view, the government of the existing authority can influence the outcome of the social problems by limiting the chances of the society to fall in these problems (Sternheimer, 2013). On the other hand, popular culture tends to have numerous definitions for social problems. Some of the views include social problems results from cultural aspects such as bullying would influence crime rate, or poverty results from poor governance. ...

The note was very fascinating and interesting to read. The author depicted on his curiosity and interest of reading. The content is perfectly very well written and to the point. The author is clear in his description of how he became a writer in spite of all the obstacles he had to go through. I completely agree to the points the author narrates in the novel. He uses phrases and repetition of words makes the reader get more involved into the subject matter. The use of the metaphor ‘thickness of the door that must be broken through’ implies to ...

I agree with the assertion by a section of scholars that violent sporting behavior has been in the rise in recent years. Christopher Cushion and Robyn Jones, of the Sociology of Sport Journal, explain that Sports are guided by the principles of sportsmanship that are geared towards making sure that players understand how to treat each other and how to handle victory and failure. The dual explain that “social interaction lies at the heart of the coaching process Such dealings are not limited to isolated conversations between coach and athlete” (Cushion & Jones 142). It is through the coaching ...

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy in modern societies is being viewed as a dysfunctional. Historically, across cultures it was discovered to be functional since teenage couples were encouraged to begin raising a family very early. With contemporary educational trends this value of childbirth at a very early age has been replaced by getting into college, having a degree and then thinking about childbirth in one’s late twenties; thirties or even forties. This research project hopes to explore how appropriate this perception of when pregnancy should occur and the damnation cast on teenage pregnancy in our modern world. It is also the author’s intention to ...

In the context of leadership, charisma has been a subject of controversy. There has been an argument as to whether charisma is born, taught or influenced by circumstances or situations. Many people who happened to have been effective leaders in the past, such as Martin Luther King Junior, have been labelled as charismatic. In order to clear the controversies surrounding the issue of charisma in the context of leadership, it might be very important to study the traits possessed by such leaders who have been labelled charismatic. Studies of charismatic leaders have shown that one of the most outstanding trait ...

Social work was introduced to me in high school. The inherent desire to serve the less fortunate in the population was coined, planted and nurtured by my parents. I always accompanied them to social welfare organizations like foster homes, and community based organizations, to grant basic needs to the less fortunate and the endangered. When social work was introduced to me, I really liked it especially the principles of, a social worker his /her roles made me get an inherent power that propelled me to consider studying the course at the deepest end. I want to credit my parents for ...

Abstract

The practice of addiction to drugs and alcohol is commonly found among the youth of today. This drastically affects their future by motivating them to do one crime after another in addition to spreading deadly infectious diseases as well. Since youngsters around the world are more susceptible to drug addiction, nations are threatened with huge loss in human capital and productivity. A person addicted to drugs and alcohol makes life for his family members and others in the society burdensome since they have to face the consequences of his or her deeds in inebriated conditions. There are many signs, ...

The social problem of major concern to me and my family as a whole is the lack of the ability to encourage the female education in the society that I live in. This problem has made my life take a different direction especially in my career. Due to the societal and the family pressures, I have been able to delay the accomplishment of my career objectives. I will have to finish up my bachelors at my mid-40s because the female education in the society is not valued. To me this is a social problem because it has affected many people in our ...

Introduction

Research varies from time to time depending of the incidence and prevalence of the cases being studied. In 2002 the research shows that, United State alone, had recorded millions and millions cases of child abuse and neglect (Alvarez, Kenny, Donohue & Carpin, 2004). Counselors and Psychotherapist, face many challenging issues in execution of their duties. Greipp (1997) argue that, some of the counselors and psychotherapist are victims of child abuse and neglect, or they are healing from a disorder of substance abuse. Such counselors and psychotherapist may react emotionally whenever they are confronted with the same issue that affected them before, ...

Introduction

Smoking among college students is a modality of interacting, of sharing a specific habit and behavior, which represents desired outcomes for fulfilling the need of belonging. The college students are usually teenagers who need to feel accepted, even admired by their peers (Walton, Cohem, Vwir & Spencer, 2011). Like this, smoking is considered a tool that enhances the social connections by college students and this is a social problem, because it changes their behavior, attitudes, personalities and it affects their health, while they pursue their goal of being accepted by a group. Sociology is the discipline that studies society, describing the fundamental laws that ...

- Introduction - Obesity is a medical condition that has become popular and has affected people’s health, especially children. Obesity occurs due to excess accumulation of fats in the body, which may lead to unpleasant effects such as low life expectancy. - Obese children and adolescents are at risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, low self-esteem, poor performance in school, and psychological distress. This indicates that if obesity is unattended to, it can bring severe health complications to children. - Childhood obesity has increased substantially over the past three decades, with about 170 million children estimated ...

Introduction

Along with health- and welfare-related rights, the right to housing is one of crucial human rights. Thus homelessness represents an important human rights and social concern. According to the definition by the UN Economic Commission for Europe Conference of European Statisticians, homelessness can be viewed either as primary state (rooflessness or the case of persons, living in the streets) or a secondary one (the case of persons with no place of usual residence, who often move between different types of temporary accommodation) (UN Economic and Social Council 3). In the US homelessness is viewed in broader terms. According to the ...

Sexual harassment refers to undesirable sexual advances, sexual favors requests, as well as other physical conduct that are suggestive for sexual requests. Sexual harassment may happen in different platforms. In most cases, it happens when a person seeks to extend favor to another person in exchange for sexual advances. This has been a major problem in many workplaces, where women have been the main victims with minimal cases reported to having affected men. Sexual harassment may extend massive effects to the persons exposed to it as well as the other members of the society within which the individual lives. These issues ...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND CRIME

Introduction - Background Decades of research have always discussed the link between socioeconomic status and crime. It has also been established by studies that crime caused by poverty is one of the oldest theories of crime causation (Aaltonen, Kivivuori, & Martikainen, 2011). - The social problem Some neighborhoods can be good places to live in. However, there are also places that are not. For example, Karriker-Jaffe (2011) mentioned that areas with no socioeconomic status (SES) have very low development in its social structures such as education, housing, employment, and social behavior. These inequalities in social socio-economic ...

• Introduction

This section introduces the study; it discusses what the paper would entail giving a brief description of what is contained in the contents of the research paper. Among the issues, it tackles are the incidences of suicide that have been on the rise with much blame on this trend being directed on social, societal problems. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the year 2010, there were 38, 364 deaths that were as a result of suicides; roughly 105 deaths daily (CDC, 2012). This project will investigate the relationship between suicides and social problems. In essence, the research ...

Prewriting

Narrowed topic: My narrowed topic is the negative effects of sexualization of girls Audience: My audience is the parents or guardians of girls aged 7 years and above. This is the target group of people who needs to be educated on sexualization of girls’ culture and its negative effects for their children. In so doing, I expect that they steer forward the campaign of neutralizing the popularity of this culture starting from their homes.

Thesis statement:

The thesis of this paper is that sexualization of girls impacts negatively on the lives of young girls including their sexual development, ...

The sociological viewpoint of the social problems arises from the concept of sociological imagination (Mills, 1959). The sociological perspective is that the social problems originate from the societal aspects. It includes both the personal as well as the public problems. The personal problems or issues affect the individuals and other members of the society due to own moral and personal failings of individual. Examples of personal problems include unemployment and divorce etc. The public problems indicate those problems that lie in the society’s culture and social structures and affect several people. So, the sociologists have used the term ...

Violence Against Women

Question 1 Describe the various kinds of backlash against surveys regarding violence against women. What

The same thing as experienced in the United States, Canada is currently facing the problem on backlash against survey concerning violence against women; the Canadian National Survey or CNS and the Canadian Violence Against Women Survey or VAWS . The issue on backlash contains backlash criticism and action, with four types of backlash against surveys; adopting sexual symmetry thesis and commenting, misinterpretations of survey data, releasing well placed lies, and intimidation and harassment. “Women are just as bad as men” or “Women do ...

[Subject/Course] [Submission Date] In the contemporary times, it is rather impossible to not notice the significant consequences on people and society. Social scientists believe that the rise in marriage endings has not only troubled and destroyed children’s lives but has also impacted the society incredibly. Divorce is a prevalent social problem that has not only brought devastation to family life but has also impacted emotional wellbeing, job solidity, substance abuse, physical health, juvenile delinquency, crime, and attainment of education. Although divorce saves adults from bad marriage experiences, it hinders social development through impoverishment, economic stress, and psychological ...

Though not always elitist, movies are excellent at reflecting the reality and human history, just as poetry and prose are. The movie industry was being developed over the 20th century while the human civilization was being shaken by major military collisions, be they regional or conflicts of world proportions. There was no way the movie industry could sit sluggish in the circumstances, with film directors addressing the most vital social issues of the day. Genocide is one of grimmest crimes committed during the conflicts. Atrocious was the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and Jews in Nazi Germany – ...

Social Problem Addressed by the Policy

One of the biggest social problems in the U.S. that requires immediate attention is health care. The enactment of the policy called the Affordable Health Care Act has addressed the social problem on health care. One of the problems that have to be resolved by the policy is to provide long-term care for the citizenry since there is scarcity of government funding. At the same time, the current recession and global crises has caused a significant impact in the U.S. which prevented the grant of health care insurance to the people. Although the government aims to resolve the problem on ...

Sociology

Illegal Immigrants in the United States of America can are the classic victim of media stereotype emanating out of the classification of immigrants into various criminal categories on account of strict anti-immigration laws. The social perception social construction resulting from such perception concerning a particular group of people possessing homogenous features is the function of the prevailing economic, political and sociological conditions. As and by way of illustration, in a worsening economy, when jobs are few and far off, the government adopts protectionist policies and consequently makes the strong anti-immigration laws. This might not be the case in a thriving economy where jobs ...

- Problem Statement The purpose of this paper is to investigate a social problem that affects women more than men. In this case, the paper seeks to investigate the case of intimate partner or domestic violence. It seeks to give an opinion on the issue today in terms of what should be a stand and level on the social problem. As such, the paper seeks to describe the problem; its causes from a theoretical standpoint and what should be done to address it. The paper is divided into three parts of the problem statement, causes and the opinion. On the description ...

In the recent decade, global climate change became one of the widely accepted social problems. Also called the greenhouse effect or global warming, climate change is an increase in mean global temperatures because of the release of greenhouse gasses produced by human activities (Redclift, 1994, 2). The awareness of global warming as a threat reinforced the public’s concern on environmental problems and therefore provided environmental scientists, activists and policy-makers with a new momentum in their dire efforts to ensure promotion of environmental protection. It is not surprising that opponents of these efforts have mobilized themselves in recent years mounting intense ...

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by forcing the embryo or fetus out of the womb before the fetus can survive on its own. An abortion may occur naturally due to factors like injury, medical complications or wrong diets. It can also be caused purposely in which case it is referred to as induced abortion. Abortion is a word that mainly refers to the induced type of human pregnancy. Under age abortion is the early termination of pregnancy by minors. In the state of Illinois 5,120 abortions were performed on residents who were only 14 years or younger from ...

Social problem

The social problem to be addressed in my paper is the mistreatment of children. As a society, we have defined this problem and created standards for a child’s environment that we deem healthy. Ideally, the environment for a child should always be safe; emotionally, physically, and socially safe for their proper growth and development. The entire society is expected to have the children’s best interest at heart. When the environment of a child is reported and proven unsafe or insecure, the state government intervenes in the matter to help provide a conducive home for the child. This is where the Foster Care ...

Introduction

Ghana, a West African nation and former British Colony, is the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from European colonial rule. Ghana gained independence in 1957 through the effort of Kwame Nkrumah, and this spurred other neighboring African countries also to fight for their independence. Ghana is rich in culture, natural resources and so forth. The region was formally known as Gold Coast because trade in the region was formally centered on Gold. Ghana is notable not only for Gold mining but also for the production of cocoa, tourism and so forth (“Ghana”, 2009: Maier, 2014). Ghana as a ...

People with mental illnesses are recipients of stigmatization. Levels of stigmatization directed towards the mentally ill are, unfortunately, still high despite clear gains in public knowledge about mental illnesses (Hinshaw & Stier, 2008). In the US, attitude surveys reflect an increase rather than a decrease in the levels of this stigmatization. Society has a role to play in the development of this social problem. Mentally ill, people are often rejected socially. Such rejection has serious psychological effects on the already mentally compromised person: it is like double tragedy. Besides, such social exclusions of the mentally ill has dire consequences. The psychological ...

Smoking has been a consistently rising issue in the United States since tobacco plantations sprung up in the south, before the Civil War. Since the popularity of cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco began to catch on, the citizens of America have experienced a wide array of side effects because of the substance. The various forms in which tobacco and nicotine are consumed cause cancer of the mouth, esophagus, and lungs, which can cause death or disfiguration. Gum disease is also possible, as well as heart disease and emphysema. Most popularly, however, is the addiction that nearly everybody consuming nicotine and tobacco ...

Global warming, a term that is common in the world today. It refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's temperature continuously. Scientist have made a discovery that 90% of this warmth is happening at the sea and the other on land and air. This s increase has been more pronounced in the 20th century as a research by the scientists shows. The need to find out the reason for this has driven scientists to great lengths to try and find out if human beings are responsible. The attempt to explain this is controversial, but many of the researchers ...

The use of social media has become a gift and a curse to the society. It has become a gift to the society because; it is an easy way of communication with people and friends around the globe. People communicate easily through messages and posting through social networks such as Twitter, Whatsapp, Facebook, MySpace, just to mention but a few (Baran, 2012). Most teens use the social media to communicate and use it others for fun. On the other hand, it has become a curse because, many people are suffering from social media bullying. Social networks have made it easier for many people, especially ...

Philosophy and community

Introduction Over the years, for a long time now, the media has been associated with the problems faced every day in the society. Through this, the media has been blamed for the issues in the problem and in turn, have become a social problem too. One such problem is the crime rate among the children and the youth leading to juvenile delinquency. They have a wide access of information through the media because the media provides wide range of information all across the globe. The wide range of films, video games, reports among many others that these age groups can access ...

COMS 101 Section ___

Organization: Problem – Cause - Solution Audience analysis: The audience for my speech are young Christian adults from all around the country, who will be starting their first jobs after college ends in one month. These people are God-conscious, and try to live by the values that God wants us to live by. Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about credit card debt, and to persuade them that they themselves should spend and manage their money properly, as God would have want them. Redemptive Purpose: Explain in a brief paragraph why you regard this social problem to be ...

The current society is plagued by many social problems. In fact, experts argue that the current generation is the most socially challenged in the history of humanity. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this is issue is the social problems faced across the world’s nations are significantly similar. The social problems faced by the world have been attributed to several factors. However, one factor stands out and can thus be said to be most dominant cause. This factor is unemployment. Unemployment is indeed the cause of many social problems in the society. This paper aims to support this ...