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Video 1: Four Major Figures in Sociology and their Contributions

Description: The video describes sociologists Aguste Comte, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim and their contributions to the field of sociology.

Video 2: Modern Sociology’s Three Main Schools of Thought

Description: Explains the three main schools of thought for sociology: Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism.

Video 3: Sociology Theories

Description: This video explains Conflict Theory, Structural Functionalism, and Symbolic Interactionism and compares and contrasts them as they apply to social circumstances.

Audio 1: Sociology in the 21st Century

Description: Discusses the role of sociology in the 21st century. The new-generation sociologists are developing ideas that analyze contemporary cultural and political life based on the theories of early figures of sociology.