Personal Interest topic for society & Culture ideas?(PIP) Gun laws in America?

[rin]

Hi,
I need a topic for my Personal Interest Project (PIP) in society and culture. I was thinking of something along the lines of something to do with the Gun problem in the US. Maybe something like the gun laws or the effects/impacts/peoples attitudes/etc. But im not sure how to word it into a topic question.
any other suggestions for topics are welcome (not overdone ones please)
Thankyou! x

[Elbie]

Here's a list of other suggestions for PIP topics that may fit into what you are interested in:

1.)--Espionage and Intelligence Gathering: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has reevaluated its intelligence-gathering agencies and implemented new national security measures. Examine the methods of intelligence gathering and their effectiveness, debate the threat to civil liberties, and explore the future of espionage and intelligence gathering.
2.)--PHOBIAS: These fears come in all different, and sometime strange, forms. Cross-cultural psychologists point out that phobias are influenced by cultural factors. Agoraphobia, for example, is much more common in the US and Europe than in other areas of the world. A social phobia common in Japan but almost nonexistent in the West is "taijin kyofusho", an incapacitating fear of offending others through one's own awkward social behavior or imagined physical defect. The list of top 10 strangest phobias include: Anablephobia(fear of looking up), Consecotaleophobia(fear of chopsticks), Geniophobia(fear of chins), Cacophobia(fear of ugliness), Phronemophobia(fear of thinking)
3.)--YELLOW JOURNALISM: The current trend has showed how sensationalism in journalism is making headways among the media traditionalists. These sensational and scandalous stories are called "Yellow Journalism." Yellow Journalism is journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers or viewers. Tired of news on TV that exploit other people's misfortunes? Research why it is unethical for journalists to make money from stories on victimization, scandals, natural disasters, deaths, and war.
4.)--URBAN LEGENDS: Like all folklore, urban legends are not necessarily false, but they are often distorted, exaggerated, or sensationalized over time and generations. Research your city's or your family's history to uncover what urban legends or cultural stories it has produced.
5.)-- PLAY: What’s It Good For? Several studies over the past decade have looked at the effects of play deprivation and found that an absence of play in supportive, positive contexts can create violent, antisocial, mentally impaired and emotionally sterile adults. In one study, about 95% of the convicted murderers who were examined reported either the absence of play as children or illogical, brutal, abnormal play such as bullying, sadism and extreme teasing; around 75% of drunk drivers who were examined reported play abnormalities. The play that builds children’s physical, social, cognitive and affective development does not happen in front of a video game after school or when a child is alone in her bedroom watching TV and texting a friend. Good play involves physical activity, creativity, spontaneity, exploration and social interaction. It engages the body in fine and gross motor development and the mind in negotiations, autonomous thinking, problem solving, imagination and flexibility.
6.)--CLOTHES AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People behave differently when they wear different clothes. Do different clothes influence the way people behave? Use specific examples to support your answer.
7.)--SCHOOL BURN-OUT: This controversial issue is concerning the amount of school-related activities and requirements teens face now in high school & how that often leads to "school burn-out." Faced with an unlimited amount of choices combined with the pressure of a fast-paced-world, teens are spreading their selves too thin by engaging in a number of commitments. Besides physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion, there are several more pressing consequences of school burn-out.

8.)--The Effects of Social Isolation: Feeling "left out in the cold," literally
A new study indicates that social isolation makes individuals feel physically cold and in need of hot foods and drinks. According to a study published in Psychological Science, getting the cold shoulder is more than just a metaphor. Feeling cold is part of the social rejection experience. The study found that individuals feel a considerable drop in room temperature when socially excluded; they literally experience being left out in the cold. Findings show that the choice of hot soup and coffee over warm or room-temperature foods and beverages in such conditions may be a coping mechanism for loneliness and social isolation. Loneliness not only induces anxiety and depression but also activates brain areas linked to the experience of physical pain. Psychologists concluded that the psychological world can bias an individual's sensation of the physical world, suggesting that emotional feelings are tied to physical sensations.

Good Luck! Have fun with it.