Emile Durkheim mentioned the term anomie in regards to some individuals of society which means that they were given to little to no morality support by society’s standards. Popular celebrities were the victims of anomie because they became the victims of their own fame. Individuals engaging in destructive behavior can encounter end results such as drug and alcohol dependency or even death.
Individuals tend to succumb to anomie more if routines are disrupted or they are little to know familial ties in which to keep them in check. This article tests the theory of anomie to see if the individuals involved are in deed suffering from it. “The present day study examined self reported alcohol consumption and anomie among three culturally diverse …show more content…
Aside from this common fact it seems this article is saying other wise in regards to anomie among the various students of different backgrounds. “With one exception anomie was not found to be a significant correlate of quantity or frequency of beer or wine or liquor consumption in any of the three samples”( Hughes, S. P., & Dodder, R. A. (1985) although these students are not famous they do have the fame somewhat of being a college student out in the world and on their own. This article has gone as far as to suggest that anomie is not taking place and I understand why. It is widely known that college student get together party and drink but the point is that they do it together and it is a normal occurrence. You might remember me stating earlier how with anomie the individual is usually alone and common and or familiar occurrences have been disrupted such as routine and familial connections. But in regards to this article and contrast these students are somewhat taking part in normal run of the mill connections which in turn has allowed them to stay within the so called normal parameters, at least normal and routine for them. I do not say this to totally discount anomie because it is real and out there but in this case the article did not see a case for anomie and therefore put it into question based on the mathematical solutions and other …show more content…
In the nature of the study was taken place in both articles it seems that they executed a survey which is research in effort to gain certain responses from different members of a population. And in the second article a questionnaire was administered which is a sequence of questions administered by the researcher and presented to a subject in hopes of garnering an answer. Another aspect of research that was used was population and sample. Population is the focus of the research being the subjects or people and a sample is small portion of that group that is the whole. Populations and sample took place when research was conducted on both United States college students, Jewish America college students coupled with other college students from around the globe Besides the research methods that took place both articles seemed to state that considerable amount of drinking seems to happen in the United States within a college setting as opposed to other
Individuals tend to succumb to anomie more if routines are disrupted or they are little to know familial ties in which to keep them in check. This article tests the theory of anomie to see if the individuals involved are in deed suffering from it. “The present day study examined self reported alcohol consumption and anomie among three culturally diverse …show more content…
Aside from this common fact it seems this article is saying other wise in regards to anomie among the various students of different backgrounds. “With one exception anomie was not found to be a significant correlate of quantity or frequency of beer or wine or liquor consumption in any of the three samples”( Hughes, S. P., & Dodder, R. A. (1985) although these students are not famous they do have the fame somewhat of being a college student out in the world and on their own. This article has gone as far as to suggest that anomie is not taking place and I understand why. It is widely known that college student get together party and drink but the point is that they do it together and it is a normal occurrence. You might remember me stating earlier how with anomie the individual is usually alone and common and or familiar occurrences have been disrupted such as routine and familial connections. But in regards to this article and contrast these students are somewhat taking part in normal run of the mill connections which in turn has allowed them to stay within the so called normal parameters, at least normal and routine for them. I do not say this to totally discount anomie because it is real and out there but in this case the article did not see a case for anomie and therefore put it into question based on the mathematical solutions and other …show more content…
In the nature of the study was taken place in both articles it seems that they executed a survey which is research in effort to gain certain responses from different members of a population. And in the second article a questionnaire was administered which is a sequence of questions administered by the researcher and presented to a subject in hopes of garnering an answer. Another aspect of research that was used was population and sample. Population is the focus of the research being the subjects or people and a sample is small portion of that group that is the whole. Populations and sample took place when research was conducted on both United States college students, Jewish America college students coupled with other college students from around the globe Besides the research methods that took place both articles seemed to state that considerable amount of drinking seems to happen in the United States within a college setting as opposed to other