TASKS
For this class discussion, you can either write your answers (cutting and pasting them from a word processing document) or your can audio-video record an answer up to 8 minutes in length (that includes the links required in written form on your text). To cut and paste your post to the thread directly on the CC textbox, use the keyboard shortcuts of Control & C (cut) and Control &V (paste) for PCs or Command&C (cut) and Command&V (paste) for Macs. You will not see anyone else's post until you post. Congratulations if you are the leader of the discussion.
Original Post
Submit your original answers to both Part 1 and Part 2 listed below in an original written or recorded post (up to 8 mins). Note that recorded posts also need to have the links required included in written form on your post.)
Part 1. Answer the following questions fully (150-word minimum for the three answers answers)
One of the questions from the Module 7 lecture video. (What are some media depictions of delinquency that you think have been influential in the last five years? List them and explain why? )
Consider which of the TikTok Challenges addressed in the short excerpt by Prof. Bates and me required for this module you are familiar with. Explain how you are familiar with them (e.g., participated in them, someone you know participated in them, indirect knowledge, viewed them etc). Then link the class to other new examples of challenges or youth behavior on TikTok that have occurred in 2022. Do you think a ban on TikTok for youth, if enacted, will prevent youth from engaging in online challenges? Why or why not? (TikTok Challenges: Inspiring Harmless Youth (Mis)Behavior or Serious Delinquency? In the early 2020s, TikTok Challenges are inspiring many young people to film themselves engaging in norm-breaking, difficult, and/or funny activities and to post their short videos on the app. Although many adults see these challenges as inspiration for relatively harmless pranks, others see them as crossing the line into the realms of delinquency and crime.The challenges themselves may be relatively innocuous, but they have some harmful effects. In the Door Kick Challenge or Door Knock Challenge, youth were encouraged to kick or knock on doors twice to the drumbeat of a song by Kesha, “Die Young.” This challenge seemed relatively benign until elders were being frightened by teens kicking in their doors thinking they were breaking into their homes (Echevarria 2021). In the Bathroom Challenge or Devious Licks Challenge, students filmed themselves damaging and sometimes stealing items from school bathrooms, such as light fixtures, faucets, and soap and paper towel dispensers. In states across the U.S., school administrators and law enforcement agents quickly labeled these behaviors as vandalism and theft (Drier 2021). The Orbeez Challenge motivated some TikTok users to shoot strangers and unsuspecting people with Orbeez gel pellet guns. Although they came from a toy gun, the pellets hurt people in multiple ways—causing physical damage and scaring people who thought they were victims of actual shootings (Brown 2022; Diaz 2022; Galvan 2022). In addition, adults across the country raised concerns that shooting drivers and bicyclists increased the risk of accidents, was dangerous, and constituted a crime (Yuma 12 News 2022).As a result of the uproar about children’s participation in social media challenges, TikTok administrators have posted information about assessing challenges and added a warning to the app. They encourage users to stop after they see a challenge that may have disturbed them, think about what could have happened and speak to others about it, refrain from doing challenges that are risky or harmful, and report potentially harmful challenges to TikTok administrators. Think about these measures: are they enough to stop kids from taking part in these challenges? Why or why not?Sources:12 News. (2022, March 23). 4 Arizona teens accused of shooting gel pellets as part of Orbeez challenge. Yuma, Arizona:WMAZ. Retrieved from https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/crime/4-arizona-teens-facing-criminal-charges-for-dangerous-tiktok-challenge-march-2022/75-32486c50-fbda-4f35-95a3-9dccb1f773a9Links to an external site.Diaz, J. (2022, March 17). “The 'Orbeez Challenge' is causing harm in parts of Georgia and Florida, police warn.” NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2022/03/16/1087003808/the-orbeez-challenge-is-causing-harm-in-some-communities-police-)
Describe the various types of violence that participants in Flores, Hawkes and Bhinder's study were subjected to based on their findings. How did the methods of their study shape what they were able to discover about the experiences of incarcerated youth? What else should be explored for it to be more generalizable? Include page numbers to demonstrate where you found your answers to these questions.
Part 2.
Analyze an episode of Girls Incarcerated, On My Block (both on Netflix), Euphoria (HBO) or another show or documentary released in the last three years (in or after 2021) related to youth behavior and/or youth social control in terms of lecture and class materials. Be sure to choose something you have not yet shared in this class. Cite the episode fully and/or link us to it. Be detailed in your analysis of the episode to show you watched and analyzed it (200-word minimum).
Response Post
Respond to another student who has not yet been responded to. Compare and contrast your answers to all parts of the original post and pay particular attention to the materials you were linked to by your fellow student. Examine them prior to crafting your response and bring in a new, original point from class materials to round out the discussion