Tags: crime/law/deviance, foucault, 1984, big brother, disciplinary society, orwell, panopticon, police, privacy, surveillance, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2006 Length: 3:21 Access: YouTube Summary: This is a CNN video on the expansion of security cameras in major US cities, with a heavy focus on NYC. It explores the issues of crime deterrence vs. privacy, and is an excellent video to introduce Foucault's concepts of the Panopticon, Surveillance, and Disciplinary Society. Added By: Paul Dean
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Tags: gender, bodies, media, ideal beauty, image, representation, sexism, self esteem, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2006 Length: 1:15 Access: YouTube Summary: The caption under this clip reads, "Reginald Pike's Yael Staav takes us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds in this impressive spot from Dove." This clip is a useful illustration of the way the media manipulates images of models--especially women--with make-up, lighting, and digital technology. The clip powerfully illustrates the ability of the media to set unrealistic standards of feminine beauty. Submitted By: Lester Andrist Tags: gender, emotion/desire, marketing/brands, masculinity, representation, sexism, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2010 Length: 1:03 Access: YouTube Summary: This car commercial was shown during the 2010 Superbowl. The commercial pokes fun at the idea of women emasculating men. Women are depicted as nagging relatively powerless men. In the clip, men are redeemed through driving a sports car. The ad makes a clear connection between masculinity and driving fast but also represents the desires of men as antithetical to the desires of women. Therefore, this clip might be useful for demonstrating the social construction of desire as a process that works within a gender binary. Submitted By: Lester Andrist Tags: corporations, economic sociology, globalization, government/the state, social mvmts/social change/resistance, political economy, capitalism, democracy, power elite, privatization, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2004 Length: 5:00 Access: YouTube Summary: This excerpt from the documentary The Corporation explores the relationship between corporations and government. It shows CEOs and business leaders stating that corporations have attained unusual power in contemporary society, documents high level cooperation between corporations and intelligence agencies ("how the industry and government are consulting with each other and working with each other"), and shows this cooperation at an international free trade meeting where protesters are gassed outside. The clip convincingly illustrates Mills' power elite, where 2 out of the 3 top institutions (corporations and federal governments) are believed to share the same assumptions about society, come from similar origins, and work together to achieve their common interests. They are inside a protected area making the decisions affecting society, while mass society remains physically and politically separate with little control over the decisions made that affect their lives. The clip also works well with William Domhoff's Who Rules America?. The YouTube clip is 8:58, but I used only the first 5:00. The full film is available online here. Submitted By: Paul Dean Tags: foucault, lgbtq, sex/sexuality, theory, identity politics, queer theory, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2011 Length: 2:06 Access: Distrify Summary: The caption for this clip reads, “Bideology is a compelling, feature-length documentary that explores women dating bisexual men." Ironically, in addition to it's explicit focus on bisexuality, the project has sparked an important conversation about heterosexual relationships and challenges the assumption that such relationships involve two strictly heterosexual individuals. The documentary asks, what do women expect from male partners attracted to both sexes, and what informs their expectations? One can expand on the explicitly stated content of the film and draw on queer theory to underscore the formation of sexual identities and identity politics. Submitted By: Lester Andrist Tags: class, gender, intersectionality, marriage/family, race/ethnicity, representation, welfare, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2010 Length: 5:01 Access: YouTube Summary: This is Beyoncé’s music video for the song “Why Don’t You Love Me.” The video depicts Beyoncé as a “traditional” homemaker from the 1950s. While the video might be seen as just another sexist attempt to pair women with homemaking, a deeper analysis would pay attention to the way this misogynistic performance seems to be done tongue-in-cheek. The fact that the performance comes from a Black woman in a reasonably affluent suburb might be interpreted to suggest that media representations, which typically link Blacks to poverty, are being subverted in the clip. This clip works well with Sade’s video "Babyfather," (here) which similarly depicts an affluent black woman homemaker in 1950s America. Submitted By: Lester Andrist |
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