Sociology 2259 Lecture 15: Lecture 15 February 3rd 2014.docx
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40% of students have engaged in binge drinking with the past two weeks. College binge drinking is not associated with later alcoholism. Controlling binge drinking in college prevention paradox targeting a very specific group of people. Population prevention approaches may be the most effective in reducing harm o o o o o o o. Boom, bust, and echo o o o o o. Concern that all youth can be included in the category. 1960s - most important things: high school boys: sports, high school girls: popularity, therefore society is in trouble. Generation gap the future: culture of busyness = less family interaction, adolescence has become an adult-free zone , concern that a real generation gap will emerge. Cyber bullying: a new social domain for interaction. Free individuals from traditionally constraining pressures of society such as conscience, morality, and ethics to behave in a normative manner . Willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text .