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Teenagers in many American cities have been involved in more gangs in the last five years
than ever before. These gangs of teens have been committing a lot of violent crimes. The
victims of these crimes are both gang members and people outside of gangs. Many people do
not want to travel to areas in our cities because of the danger from this problem. For this
terrible situation to stop, it is going to take a combined effort on the part of many people. Excellent,
supervised after-school programs, more jobs available for teens, and healthy family relationships will go a
long way towards ending this crisis in our society.
Example 2
During the Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East there was much armed conflict
between Christians and Muslims. Christians called these conflicts the Crusades because they
were fighting under the sign of the cross to save the holy lands of the Bible from being
desecrated by non-Christians. However, the true reason for fighting for these lands was less than holy.
It was mainly a desire for economic gain that prompted the Christian leaders to send soldiers to fight in
the Holy Land.
Example 3
Stereotypes abound in today's society. People seem to have an innate compulsion to categorise
others into various groups and then to apply rigid and limited descriptions to these groups. There are
therefore, amongst others, stereotypical nationalities and races; stereotypical sexes and sexual
orientations and stereotypical classes. And one place where these stereotypes often thrive is in the
mass media, particularly in the tabloid press and popular television, such as in situation comedy.
Some, for example Hick (1996), claim that this is a harmless phenomenon, whereas commentators
such as Ealham (1998) point to the possible dangers of obsessive stereotyping in the media. This
essay will examine what sociological evidence there is for the process of stereotyping in the mass
media, and will then go on to analyse the reasons for its occurrence. The final part of the essay will
ask how far society's attitudes are in fact shaped by this portrayal of the various kinds of stereotypes.
Contoh 1
Remaja di banyak kota Amerika telah terlibat dalam lebih geng dalam lima tahun
terakhir dibandingkan sebelumnya. Geng ini remaja telah melakukan banyak
kejahatan kekerasan. Para korban kejahatan keduanya anggota geng dan orangorang di luar geng. Banyak orang tidak ingin melakukan perjalanan ke daerahdaerah di kota-kota kita karena bahaya dari masalah ini. Untuk situasi ini
mengerikan untuk berhenti, itu akan mengambil upaya gabungan dari pihak
banyak orang. Sangat baik, diawasi program setelah sekolah, lebih banyak
pekerjaan yang tersedia untuk remaja, dan hubungan keluarga yang sehat akan
pergi jauh untuk mengakhiri krisis ini dalam masyarakat kita.
Contoh 2
Selama Abad Pertengahan di Eropa dan Timur Tengah ada banyak konflik
bersenjata antara Kristen dan Muslim. Kristen disebut konflik ini Perang Salib
karena mereka berjuang di bawah tanda salib untuk menyelamatkan tanah suci
Alkitab dari yang dinodai oleh non-Kristen. Namun, alasan yang benar untuk
memperjuangkan tanah ini adalah kurang dari suci. Itu terutama keinginan untuk
keuntungan ekonomi yang mendorong para pemimpin Kristen untuk mengirim