Blog Entry # 5.5- Issue Reaserch

1. Are you working alone or in a group? If you are working in a group, who are your group member(s)?

I am working alone in this project.

2. What social issue have you been assigned?

The social issue that I have been assigned is underage Drinking Prevention.

3. In order to develop an effective PSA you must feel a personal connection to the social issue that you are addressing. What does this social issue mean to you?

This social issue to me means that this is trying to prevent people who are underage from drinking. To me this is important because a lot of the majority of kids in the united states drink underage and a lot of people do not pay mind to this huge issue , but this problem in not only occurring in the united states but it is occurring internationally.

4. What group(s) is/are affected by your assigned social issue?

The groups that are affected by my assigned social issue is teenagers and kids that are younger than 21 years of age.

5. What potential negative impact can this issue have?

The potential negative impact that this issue can lead is to a lot of young kids committing crimes because they are under the influence of alcohol. Also drunk driving is another issue , this causes more deaths in our youth in the united states, alot of drink drving is occuring by teenagers under the age of 21.

6. What research (statistics) can you use to support your argument that this is a social issue that needs to be addressed?

The statistics that show that this social issue need to be addressed because
- Twenty-eight percent (28%) of 15- to 20-year-old drivers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2005 had been drinking. Young adult’s ages 18-22 enrolled full-time in college were more likely than their peers not enrolled full time to use alcohol in the past month, to binge drink, and to drink heavily.

7. Agency/Organization
a. List the name of an agency/organization that has been established to address your assigned social issue.

The name of this agency is called “the century council”.

b. What is their complete contact information? (Include web address, phone number and street and/or email address.)

The complete contact information is
Web address: http://www.centurycouncil.org/stop-underage-drinking
Phone Number: 202- 637- 0077
Street: 2345 crystal drive suite 910, Arlington, VA 22202

c. Describe how this organization is connected to your social issue.
This organization deals with underage Drinking Prevention, which deals with social issues.

8. What steps can be taken to address this issue? (List at least three steps that can be taken.)

A. The first step to address this issue is to make public announcement
B. Post Posters every where, Start locally and expand to different places all over the United States.
C. Start making speeches in different schools.