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Learning Objective: 14.1: Give examples of how change takes place at each level of analysis.

14.2 Social Change and the Media

In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain how stresses and strains can lead to organizational change.

14.1 Low Prices at the Cost of Low Wages

While some economists credit Wal-Mart’s single-minded focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving the massive overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods, resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and a lower standard of living here at home.

14.3 Occupy Wall Street

A short film on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Included: facts behind big banks, history of social change and a first-hand observation of the protest itself.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Provide examples of the difference between planned and unplanned change.

14.4 The New American Dream

For the first time in history, the majority of American parents do not think their kids will be better off than they were. This should not be a cause for alarm, says journalist Courtney Martin. Rather, it is an opportunity to define a new approach to work and family that emphasizes community and creativity.

Learning Objective: 14.6: Describe how the development of technology brings about change in societies and their environments.

14.5 The Women’s March

Women took to the streets on January 21^st, 2017. It was one of the largest demonstrations in modern history.

 

Audio Links

Learning Objective: 14.3: Explain the six factors necessary for collective behavior to occur.

14.1 Social Engineering

Governments are always looking for ways to change behavior—stopping people from driving drunk, or encouraging them to recycle. This podcast contains stories of social engineering on a smaller scale.

 

Web Resources

Learning Objective: 14.5: Illustrate the stages of social movements.

14.1 Social Movements

This article takes a look at the 10 social movements that changed America.

14.2 Flash Mob Movements

This article from Contexts Magazine examines the components of flash mobs and how they form.