Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology
Sixth Edition
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links:
- 2.1 Family Traditions: a 1950s Dinner
Description: This video highlights a typical dinner that took place during 1950s. Think about how this type of dinner differs from dinners that might take place in American households today.
- 2.2 Theory of Anomie
Description: This video highlight's Émile Durkheim's theory of Anomie, often referred to as normlessness.
- 2.3 Private War Contractors
- Description: As the Army struggles to meet recruitment numbers, FRONTLINE takes a hard look at private contractors servicing U.S. military supply lines, running U.S. military bases, and protecting U.S. diplomats and generals. Between the logistics giant Halliburton and a myriad of armed security companies, private military contractors comprise the second largest "force" in Iraq, far outnumbering all non-U.S. forces combined. There are as many as 100,000 civilian contractors and approximately 20,000 private security forces.
- 2.4 Who Is Max Weber
Description: Max Weber explained that modern capitalism was born not because of new technology or new financial instruments. What started it all off was religion.
Audio Links:
- 2.1 The Kindness of Strangers
Description: Stories of the kindness of strangers and where it leads. Also, the unkindness of strangers and where that can lead. All of today's stories take place in the city most people think of as the least kind city in America: New York.
- 2.2 Facebook's Newsfeed Study
Description: NPR discussion of the ethics and research procedures of Facebook's experiment on clients' reaction to positive and negative news updates.
Web Resources:
- 2.1 Survey v. Public Opinion
Description: Discussion of a difference of opinion between the general public and the scientific community regarding evidence for the findings and advancement of scientific research.
- 2.2 Breast Cancer Research Data
Description: This web resource explains how to interpret and read a research table. This is important information for Sociologists as they often use research tables for background information in Sociological studies.
- 2.4 Why Pets Should Be Included in Sociological Inquiries
Description: This article from Pacific Standard Magazine discusses the lack of research regarding pet ownership in sociological studies and how including this type of research can be useful in understanding human behavior.
- 2.5 11 Recent Sociological Findings on Race and the Criminal Justice System
Description: This article from Contexts focuses on peer literature review studies regarding race and the criminal justice system. This highlights the results of sociological research on a particular topic.