Category
Enrichment
BMI Index
Medical professionals often use the benchmark of the BMI (Body Mass Index) to determine how healthy a person is.
Equality of Pay and Gender Differences
I read this article on the Mariella Frostrup column with interest as it examines a man's question about whether his girlfriend would 'love him less if he earned less than her'.
Commuting
Millions (if not billions!) of people around the world commute to get to work.
Getting all the Data
The Census is collected and published every 10 years in the UK. The data gathered shows the makeup (e.g., gender, ages, ethnicity, employment figures) for a particular population.
The British Empire
Another useful documentary series (once again from the BBC!) this time looking at the British Empire.
Megacities
The following video explores episode one of a documentary series originally aired on BBC One looking at megacities.
The Future of Humanity: Human 2.0
Some people believe that humans have not reached the 'final stage of evolution’, and as technology pervades through all areas of life, the next step logically will be where humans become part-machine.
Extreme Poverty
The following video produced by The Economist highlights the issue of extreme poverty.
BBC Stories
BBC Stories publish stories about current events and the videos that range in length from a few minutes to around 20 minutes.
Matchmaking with a Chatbot
Finding love and romance has changed dramatically in the past ten years or so, where once, couples may have been ‘set up’ by a family member, friend or acquaintance, or met through work, technology...
Crash Course: Social Change
The following video from Crash Course provides a concise overview of social change, an important area for discussion within all topics of sociology.
The 'Extreme' Left
In recent months there have been a number of reports in the media of the rise of the far right. The terms 'white supremacists' and 'alt-right' may come to mind as well as the events in...
Cheer Up Luv Project
This video outlines the issue of sexual harassment of women within society. The ‘Cheer Up Luv’ project aims to change the attitudes about sexual harassment and try to make it a lesson normal thing...
Proud to be a Modern Man
ATTN journalist and activist Nev Schulman has been in the press for fair number of issues happening within the United States of late. He tweeted this incredible video which allowed of the idea of...
100 Women Series
The annual BBC series ’100 Women’ has recently published a series of articles and videos to highlight a number of issues facing women around the world. This year the series aims to shed light on...
Sociologist in Focus: Antonio Gramsci (2)
Gramsci argued that hegemony is an invisible mechanism and the ruling class’s ideas permeate the whole of society, i.e., they are unquestioned and become normalised through constant exposure...
Sociologist in Focus: Antonio Gramsci (1)
Antonio Gramsci was born in Italy in 1891 and was the co-founder of the Italian Communist Party. He was imprisoned in 1928 for 20 years whilst serving as the party’s leader by Italy’s prime...
Challenges for Men in the 21st Century
The growing phenomena of bigorexia for men is something which has arguably only ‘popped’ up on the scene in the last 5 years, however, it has sociologically speaking been around forever.
Women in Poverty
The following video would act as a starter activity for those who teach the Work, Poverty and Welfare unit. Even though women are seemingly not more likely to experience poverty than men, there are...
Sociologist in Focus: Harriet Martineau
Martineau was born in Norwich, England in the early 19th century to progressive parents who believed that women deserved as good a quality education as men. Her interest in politics and economics...