Images of Masculinity

From Sociological Images.

Enron, the Smartest Guys in the Room

 This docudrama explores the thinking and background of the executives of the Enron Corporation – and the motives and ideas that generated first huge wealth and then a terrible collapse.  Interesting in itself, it is also an excellent study in the means (and weaknesses) of social control mechanisms (as in Chapter 8).

Example Socialization Project 5: Social Class from PBS

Links to two clips from the PBS series People Like Us: Class in America.

You Are Your Stuff  – possessions as class markers

More WASP Lessons – behaviors, speech patters, clothing as class markers.

Example Socialization Project 4: Alcohol & Tobacco

An example considering the impact of advertising on consumption of alcohol and tobacco.

Notice the inclusion of research findings that are contrary to the message of the advertising.

Example Socialization Project 3: Media & Gender

A short version of a one-hour film available in the CSS library, focusing on the impact of media advertising on women.

The speaker and researcher in this video makes disparaging remarks about men that, in fact, undercut her message of the importance of respect. Her analysis and her research is accurate and well-done; it offers an excellent example of approaching everyday materials analytically.

Example Socialization Project 2: British

This example focuses on the topic of peer groups.

It names types of groups but does not define them.

It explores the experience of receiving pressure, but does not make the typologies as clear as other examples.

It does use a research report at the end, to draw its material together.

Example Socialization Project from YouTube

 A project focusing on gender role socialization.

Techniques used:

• Contrast of visual images from searching
• Contrast of typologies of female roles
• Contrast of typologies of male roles
• Use of popular culture (TV, music) as representative of media socialization

Republican Candidates Debate – Immigration

From June 2007

Chicago Immigration Rights March – News

News reports and interviews before an immigration rights march in Chicago.

Heritage Foundation on Immigration

A conservative think-tank and policy institute speaks on immigration