Function

=1. MEDIA:=
 * What are the roles involved in the issue? **

=INTERNET ARTICLES:= Studies have shown very specific roles within the context of popularity and unpopularity. Recent studies have even made a distinction is made between two groups of high-status youth: those who are genuinely well liked by their peers and engage in predominantly prosocial behaviors and those who are seen as popular by their peers but are not necessarily well liked
 * 1) //Understanding Popularity in the peer system. University of Connecticut and University of Missouri-Columbia//

There are some recogniceable of popularity and unpopularity,which help us to understand the divergent forms of popularity :
 * high status well liked youth ( sociametrically popular): they show high levels of prosocial and cooperative behavior and low levels of agression.
 * high status socially powerful agressors ( perceived popular): they usually show agressive traits in addition to prosocial ones
 * low social staus (rejected).

2. Revista de estudios sociales. ediciòn no. 15.

The bullying, that derives occasionally from the popularity problem, has some roles that are pretty marked. Victim: Generally it is about the one that has less social capacities and is usually the most insecure. Bully: The person that counts with the approval and considers his/herself popular. It’s the one who dominates with one or all peers. Alleby: The trilateral relationship sustains median the law of the silence, public of the dilator and the indirect participation on the aggression.

My P.O.V ( article 1): This article show us how can popularity be recognized by some statuses. And this can be usefull for the exhibition.

My P.O.V ( article 2): This article is very important because it show the characteristics of the bully the victim and the alleby and this can be something very important for our research.

Summary ( of the 2 articles): this articles tell us the main characteritics that are very important and how do popularity and people interact with this roles. And how can popularity be recognized by some statuses.

=2. INTERVIEWS:=

=1) Interview to Dr .Victoria Eugenia Acevedo: During the interview to the psychologist, she didn`t clearly mention the roles, but did explain us how popularity works, by explaining why popular people exclude others and why unpopular people exclude themselves.= Sometimes, unpopular people, feel disconnected from those perceived by them as popular, sometimes they feel they have no power or skills to gain popularity. Other times, the feel rejected, devalued or simply unliked by others, in consecuence the openly exclude themselves from social interactions with whom they consider popular, powerful, likeable. Other times, they unconsciously exclude themselves by exhibiting behaviors that others desaprove or by silencing themselves, they make themselves invisible to others even if their the wish to be part of the popular croud.
 * == Why do popular people exclude ==
 * Basically popular people exclude for many reasons, one of them could be that they perceive themselves as "special" and "priviledged", they don´t like to lose the special position other people have given to them. Another reason could be that, they are not interested in other people´s points of view, the only hold their own perspective on things. Sometimes, they want to mantain a very exclusive circle of power, where very few can come in. **
 * == Do unpopular people exclude themselves ==

= = =3. PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:=

1) Most popular girl: The prettiest, Most fashionable, The gossiper, The bully, The coolest , The dumbest , The meanest , The richest

2) The dancer: The expressive, The hotest, The craziest, The coolest

3) The nerd: The intelligent, The A+ student, The rejectred, The weirdest

4)The Athlethic: The hotest, The coolest, The best body fit, The strongest, The bully, The dummest, The skillfull,

5) The gossiper: The interested, The hypocret, The false, The meanest , The blamer, The tadteller, The lier

6) The bully: Meanest, gossiper, dishonest, the cruel, the strongest, the conflictive BY: Elena Arango Ulloa. 23/5/12