Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology
Sixth Edition
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links:
- 4.1 Music and Development
Description: Roger H. Brown, President of Berklee College of Music, discusses the importance of music as a form of communication throughout history for families, groups and civilizations, and ties this to the ways in which music is central to the social and mental development of very young children.
- 4.2 Influence of Advertising
Description: FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff examines the tactics, techniques, and cultural ramifications of marketing moguls in "The Merchants of Cool."
- 4.3 Aging in US Society
Description: With 35 million elderly people in America, “the old, old” — those over 85 — are now considered the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. For millions of Americans, living longer also means serious chronic illness and a protracted physical decline that can require an immense amount of care, often for years and sometimes even decades.
- 4.4 Mentally Ill Prisoners
Description: This year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners with serious mental illnesses will be released into communities across America, the largest exodus in the nation’s history. FRONTLINE examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates.
- 4.5 Socialization and the Media
Description: Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don't even know.
Audio Links:
- 4.1 Teen Creates App So Bullied Kids Never Have To Eat Alone
Description: This podcast explores how a 16 year old has created a new app where children that are bullied no longer have to eat alone during lunchtime.
- 4.2 Reputation
Description: Stories of people trying to recover from damage to their reputations—sometimes caused by others, sometimes self-inflicted.
- 4.3 What Kind of Country
Description: All across the country right now, local and state governments are finding they can't pay their bills. Schools are losing teachers, street lights are going dark, garbage is piling up in public parks, and cops are suddenly an optional expense. This podcast explores the issue of whether or not our government should be smaller or bigger in response to these issues our country is facing.
Web Resources:
- 4.1 Grownups
Description: This article from Contexts Magazine focuses on the concept of being a grownup and takes a look at how individuals believe they've reached this stage in their lives.
- 4.2 Children and Technology
Description: At the San Diego Convention Center in 2014, Hillary Clinton announced the distribution of an early literacy tool kit to help promote the verbal development of young children.