PhotoVoice
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom A
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
Alcohol consumption on college campuses may be over exaggerated by the media and under exaggerated by others. This may result in a distorted view of college drinking and behaviors. In order to understand how best to serve this population from a public health standpoint, an accurate portrayal of the attitudes and behaviors of college students around this subject was needed. The goal of this Photovoice poster was to showcase a study done by CWU students to research this question. We got a volunteer group of 10 college students to conduct this research (they themselves chose to take part after learning of the project), in the hopes that it would be more controlled and less influenced by authority figures. These researchers took photos of their own lives and their perceptions of alcohol consumption on Central Washington University’s campus. These photos were presented at weekly meetings and discussed, using a specific set of questions used in social studies research. The questions (the set of specific questions asked was called “SHOWED”) tended to make the student researchers focus on what the pictures meant in a social context.. This Photovoice process was created by 2 researchers at the University of London in 1992. This social research method has been used for all different kinds of populations, specifically homeless children in Ann Harbor, Michigan and also brain surgery patients. This poster is to present the results of this study on alcohol consumption and inform the public of the norms on our campus in 2012.
Recommended Citation
O'Brien, Kaitlin; Crawford, Kailonna; and Sexton, Sarah, "PhotoVoice" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 99.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/posters/99
Poster Number
13
Additional Mentoring Department
Other
PhotoVoice
SURC Ballroom A
Alcohol consumption on college campuses may be over exaggerated by the media and under exaggerated by others. This may result in a distorted view of college drinking and behaviors. In order to understand how best to serve this population from a public health standpoint, an accurate portrayal of the attitudes and behaviors of college students around this subject was needed. The goal of this Photovoice poster was to showcase a study done by CWU students to research this question. We got a volunteer group of 10 college students to conduct this research (they themselves chose to take part after learning of the project), in the hopes that it would be more controlled and less influenced by authority figures. These researchers took photos of their own lives and their perceptions of alcohol consumption on Central Washington University’s campus. These photos were presented at weekly meetings and discussed, using a specific set of questions used in social studies research. The questions (the set of specific questions asked was called “SHOWED”) tended to make the student researchers focus on what the pictures meant in a social context.. This Photovoice process was created by 2 researchers at the University of London in 1992. This social research method has been used for all different kinds of populations, specifically homeless children in Ann Harbor, Michigan and also brain surgery patients. This poster is to present the results of this study on alcohol consumption and inform the public of the norms on our campus in 2012.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Rebecca Pearson