#11 Revised Research

In the survey I have seen that people are in fact proving my hypothesis true, stating that they see how gangs are harmful and corruptive. Only a couple participants have identified family aspects with gangs. Not many people have participated in the survey yet, but I assume that once I urge more people to participate, the results will vary more. I know that a majority of the participants will only see negative aspects and will not be able to match the positives to the gangs. I hope that participants with open and creative minds will be able to identify the gangs as positive for some members, as well as see the negative aspects.

#10 Research Plan

I have decided to use a survey to figure out what people think about gangs and the aspects of gangs. I will use an online survey with google. I am going to put the survey on Facebook or Twitter asking anybody who wants, to take the survey anonymously. I will also ask family friends to go to the link to take the survey as well and ask them to pass it along to a couple of their friends as well. It will be open to both males and female, and age, and any social class. I predict that people will just know about the stereotypically bad things about a gang, thinking that it is only violent and bad for people. Some may see the so called "family" aspect along with the support and trust it instills in people who join. 

#9 Research Analysis: Survey

I've decided that my research method would be best carried out in a survey. I will ask people what the first thing they think of is when they think of gangs. Many people don't see the positives seen by new members of gangs. I can also ask about what they think gang member would look like or act like. Gang members have stereotypical appearance but many do not look like a gang member; they look like normal people you would see anywhere. I will come up with several more questions for the survey but my general idea is to show that many gang members do not look, act, or think the way people usually think.