Class activity 2017/10/31

Class activity

Searching as exploration

1.      Who would be interested about information about the effects of parental incarceration on young children?

·         Government (social development & correctional services)

Government will need information as to the scope of the problem, also how co-detention affects minors who are incarcerated with their mothers. Also, how the absent parent figure affects children. As well as information that will guide policies about the matter.

·         Family support groups

This information would be important for family support groups, as these groups would draw in the affected family,  allowing the family to share their fears and not being alone in advercity. It is a proven fact that if we reach out and share (experiences), we the better for it.

·         Sociologists (social scientist)

Students of the discipline of Sociology would be interested in this type of information as societies as a whole are impacted by parental (single or both) incarceration.

·         Health worker (Social worker)

The information is valuable for the social worker as the social worker will have to manage the well-being of the child (family), and possibly refer the child to other health practitioners (psychologist).

·         Religious leaders

Information of this type is important for religious leaders as they will give moral and religious guidance to affected children and the family as a whole.

·         Media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television)

The information would be valuable as it would form the basis of a very good article. 

2.      How and where would the groups that you identified disseminate the information that they produced on the topic?

·         Government

The government will disseminate the information in the Government Gazette; news that is of national interest would be published in the Government Gazette. The information will also be available at Statistics South Africa.  

·         Family Support Groups

Support groups can also share activities (not information about families) of group on social media.  It can also be shared with journalists or social scientists, writing or studying about the phenomenon. Families can also disseminate the information in sharing session in support groups, supporting others in the process. 

·         Sociologists

These social scientists can share the information via journals that they write or present it at as a research paper at conferences.

·         Health workers (social worker)

Social workers can possibly disseminate the information at conferences, or to a journalist writing an article about the social issue. They can also be contributors to an article about the issue in the Government Gazette.

·         Religious leaders

The religious leaders will disseminate information about the social problem via their weekly sermons. There are also many weekly sermons that are broadcast via the radio stations. They can also disseminate the information via an article/thesis that is if they are interviewed by a journalist or researcher. 

·         Media

The media will run articles, reports or documentaries on it in the newspapers, magazines, radio shows and television shows.