Our Social World: Condensed: Introduction to Sociology
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe the structure (the “hardware”) of our social world.
Jamesurowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news—and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.
Learning Objective: 3.2: Illustrate how culture affects individuals, groups, and societies.
FRONTLINE peers inside the world of a cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide.
With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world’s indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
Learning Objective: 3.3: Provide examples of microcultures, subcultures, countercultures, and global cultures.
3.4 Amish Culture
Amish teenagers go through a period of their lives in which they have to decide whether they are going to stay in the community, or not. Testing their religious beliefs. Ashland, Ohio. Rumm-Shpringa which means “to run around” in their language.
3.5 The Rainbow Family of Living Light
The Rainbow Family of Living Light is a counter-cultural group that meets in the National Forest to pray for peace. At the Rainbow Gathering, the consumption of alcohol is not allowed, however, other societal norms are flipped on their head. At the Gathering, you allowed to smoke marijuana and take psychedelic drugs.
Audio Links
Learning Objective: 3.2: Illustrate how culture affects individuals, groups, and societies.
3.1 Public Shaming
This podcast focuses on public shaming, specifically being tarred and feathered. The roots of this cultural practice are discussed and examined.
3.2 Materialism
This podcast from NPRs asks listeners to discuss what material things are part of a middle-class lifestyle in America.
Reality television is commonly found on television listings in our society today and is a staple of American culture. This podcasts examines how individuals may be affected if they were the subject of a reality show.
Web Resources
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe the structure (the “hardware”) of our social world.
3.3 Positive News and Positive Change
This article from Contexts magazine focuses on the lack of news articles that discuss positive changes that have occurred in recent years and the reasons behind why this is so.
Learning Objective: 3.2: Illustrate how culture affects individuals, groups, and societies.
This article examines cell phone usage and how often individuals were likely to use their cell phones to access information online. This article also examines the demographics of those who are likely to utilize their cell phones for this purpose.
Since 1996, the California immigrant rights movement has convened annually at the state capitol for a day of advocacy, education, and unity, demanding better rights and treatment for immigrant communities.
3.4 Music Bridges Cultures? Actually, Not So Much
This article from Pacific Standard Magazine discusses a study where the results showed that certain types of music can actually lead to a divide between various cultures.