Sociological Research Methods On Demand
3 short films whose aim is not simply to tell students about sociological methods, but to show their strengths and limitations in action by looking at how these methods have been applied in key sociological studies. The films are now available to buy as individual titles on our new Vimeo On-Demand site. Case Studies [5 […]
One Minute Strain Theory | The Animated Version
Painstakingly hand-drawn. Each frame individually-coloured to bring out the full liquid motion of the film. Many days of patient, mind-numbing, editing. Much wailing, gnashing of teeth and teensy-weensy temper tantrums. That’s the way we would have had to do it in the past. Now, it’s just a question of applying a filter and, 20 minutes […]
Religion: Two New Films
We’ve added a couple of new Religion films to the Sociology section of the site with a couple more (Secularisation / Religion and Spirituality] currently at the scripting stage. The first, Religion: What It Is and What It Does, features Professor Eileen Barker (of “Making of a Moonie” fame). It’s a basic introduction to two […]
The Cannibal on Bus 1170: Rethinking Moral Panics
In July 2008, 22-year-old Tim McLean was riding Greyhound Bus 1170, on his way back to his home in Winnipeg, Canada, when he was attacked by Vincent Li, a fellow passenger. Li stabbed McLean numerous times before cutting off McLean’s head, dismembering the body and eating some of the parts. Li, who suffered from schizophrenia, […]
Shortcuts to Crime and Deviance: Women and Crime
While the first film in the Gender and Crime series looked at the ideas of Gendering Crime (in every society males commit far more crimes than females) and masculinity as an explanation for greater male criminal involvement, this second film – once again built around interviews with Professor Sandra Walklate – focuses on women and […]
Shortcuts to Crime and Deviance: Gendering the Criminal
Professor Sandra Walklate talks about the relationship between gender and crime and explains how and why masculinity offers a partial, but not necessarily sufficient, explanation for the over-representation of young men in the crime statistics. • Gender and crime• Masculinity • Femininity• Gender socialisation• Edgework (Lyng)• Cultural expectations of masculinity• Masculinity and the public domain• […]
Risk: Ulrich Beck
If you want the concept of Risk Society clearly and concisely explained, who better to ask than the person who invented the idea? So we did. By interviewing him. And this is what he had to say. That’s about it really. Oh Yeah. The clip’s only about a minute long. Which is hopefully enough for […]
Sex and Gender: A Short Film
If you’re into flipped teaching (or even if you’re not) and want a relatively short (around 15-minute) video-introduction to sex and gender this Ted-Talk on “Understanding the Complexities of Gender” by Sam Killermann should fit the bill for a couple of reasons: Firstly, it introduces a wide range of gender-related concepts and issues, including: • […]
Your Own Personal (YouTube) Examiner
Although there’s quite a fair bit of a-level sociology on YouTube (some of which we’ve contributed…) it’s probably fair to say most of it concentrates on Specification content – by-and-large the “stuff you need to know”. While this is also, to some extent, true of the TeacherSociology Channel – there are Video Tutorials on areas […]
Situational Crime Prevention Video
This is a video version of the Cornish and Clarke Situational Crime Prevention PowerPoint presentation. The film runs for around 3 minutes.