Video and Multimedia

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Video

Teen Shaming

Description: ABC News segment addressing the use of social media by teenagers to bully and harass others. Also explores emerging trend of teen health supporters who create encouraging videos to reach out to teens suffering attack.

Learning Objective: 4-3: Discuss socialization across the life course.

Virtual Selves

Description: Ted talk about the possibilities of creating virtual personalities from the collection of social media data accumulated by an individual during a lifetime.

Learning Objective: 4-5: Theorize processes of social interaction from a sociological perspective.

Role and Meaning of Selfies

Description: PBS Idea Channel video discussing the rise of the selfie as an art form and a means of personal expression as a reflection of contemporary society.

Learning Objective: 4-5: Theorize processes of social interaction from a sociological perspective.

Audio

Gendering Voices

Description: NPR story about how women’s voices and delivery impact others’ perception of their ability and work performance, and the arduous process of learning new patterns to alter social interactions.

Learning Objective: 4-5: Theorize processes of social interaction from a sociological perspective.

Web

Socialization and Men

Description: This article presents an in-depth discussion of how American men have been socialized to equate seeking emotional health with personal weakness. Narratives provide insightful examples of key health concerns and consequences of this belief and gendered socialization.

Learning Objective: 4-2: Explain the significance of agents of socialization in the development of the self.

Parenting and Empathy

Description: This article reviews new research that explores the link between parental responses to children's behaviors and children’s subsequent socialization and learned behaviors. The study suggests parental warmth toward children can help overcome risky and callous behaviors in children.

Learning Objective: 4-3: Discuss socialization across the life course.