Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action
Video and Multimedia
Video
Learning Objective: Define the politics of fear.
Description: The speech given by George W. Bush the evening of 9/11/2001, aligning the U.S. against terrorism, and reassuring the public that the government and the economy remain open for business and requesting prayers.
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between war and terrorism. Define the politics of fear. . Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: Spying on the Homefront, Frontline video. The digital age allows the collection of big data. The fear and real possibility of terrorism allows the government to encroach on formerly private material, such as phone call records and library checkouts. Where do we draw the line in a democracy?
President Eisenhower’s Warning
Learning Objective: Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: The final address of President Eisenhower in full. Non-partisanship within the U.S., and the long period of war preceding his departure. Warning about the use of power, the headlong eradication of problems, and the growth of the military-industrial complex.
Learning Objective: Explain how the different sociological perspectives examine social problems related to war and terrorism.
Description: A Marine Corp officer tells how her command avoided prosecuting her rapist, although he was later investigated by police and convicted.
Learning Objective: Explain how the different sociological perspectives examine social problems related to war and terrorism. . Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: Frontline examination of the emotional toll on soldiers. some soldiers don’t admit to the problems they take home from the battlefield.
Learning Objective: . Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: Trailer for a longer video produced by the Earthos Institute. The victims of war include the environment as well as people who live in it.
Audio
Learning Objective: Explain how the different sociological perspectives examine social problems related to war and terrorism. Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: Writing about the war by soldiers who fought in Iraq, Operation Homecoming preserves the way the fighting felt to those who did it. Workshops help them put words to the experiences.
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between war and terrorism.
Description: These recruits “fly under the radar” of law enforcement. Many of the Americans attracted into terrorism don’t fit the stereotypes.
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between war and terrorism. . Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: The U.S. is vulnerable to a biological attack, but realistically this kind of attack is very difficult to defend. In additions, there is no protocol to address an attack if it occurs .
Web Resources
Learning Objective: Explain how the different sociological perspectives examine social problems related to war and terrorism. . Identify the effects of war and terrorism.
Description: A 1995 essay by Samantha Power, U.S. representative at the United Nations, calls the end of genocide “the worlds most unfilled promise.” Legal rights of the individual over the state are increasing, but the scale of genocides has not diminished.
Learning Objective: . Identify the effects of war and terrorism. Explain how the different sociological perspectives examine social problems related to war and terrorism.
Description: Compares the anti-war movement of the 60’s with today’s non-protest era and details persistent illusions about rational war. Protest in the 60’s was viewed as a patriotic act, but today’s citizens are too cynical?
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between war and terrorism.
Description: Terrorists want news coverage for its fear factor. CNN report by Dan Rather on balance in reporting news of terror attacks.
Learning Objective: Assess the effectiveness of economic sanctions.
Description: Economic sanctions are seen as an alternative to war, but they may be a precursor to it in some cases.