answer two questions based on reading

Help me study for my Social Science class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

This exam is worth 200 points (100 points per question). Answer both questions. The page limit for EACH question is about 2 typed pages, in 12 point Times or Cambria font, double spaced, with one inch margins. Number your answers and combine them into one document. Make sure to properly reference and support your answers throughout, and include references for the entire exam at the end of question two. References do not count for the page limit.

IMPORTANT: Both questions ask you to reference a few graphs in your response. You will need to look at the PDF version of the final exam posted under “files” on bCourses to see the graphs, which I cannot reproduce here.

Guidelines:

Use your own words rather than quote from the texts.

The work you turn in must be your own; do not collaborate with other students, and do not repurpose any material you have turned in for a previous assignment in any class.

Tips:

Make sure you address each point specified in the prompts.

Strive for clarity in your writing by using simple, jargon-free language.

Do not reproduce the question at the top of the page as this takes up valuable space you could use to answer the question.

Proofread your work.

1.Summarize Twenge’s findings on teen use of “new media”, and her argument about how social media use might affect teens’ mental health. Next, describe Pugh’s concept of the economy of dignity and discuss how social media could be viewed in terms of the economy of dignity and concepts like “scrip”, in light of your discussion of Twenge’s work. Finally, if we treat social media as part of teens’ economy of dignity, what would you predict about how parents from different social class backgrounds might respond to their children’s social media desires and why? Do the graphs below from the Pew Research Center fit into your predictions?

2.Over the last few weeks, we have considered two different examples of social control around children’s school behavior that is labeled as deviant or disruptive: criminalization and medicalization. Use class readings to define and explain each perspective. Then, compare and contrast the following for each perspective a) processes for how teachers and school personnel take action around disruptive school behavior b) how they think about the source of the behavior, and c) the possible consequences of the different approaches for students’ academic trajectories, according to the authors you are citing. Finally, what do the arguments you have summarized above along with the graphs below suggest about how school discipline practices are socially patterned? Refer to both the graphs and class readings to support your answer.

Again, see the PDF version of the final for the graphs.