"Sociology in the Everyday: Teaching with Visual Media uses video, Wikipedia, Edmodo, TED talks, Netflix, and other visual tools to engage students' interest in sociology. The media excerpts bring sociology to life. They demonstrate that sociological principles and perspectives can be used to move beyond the superficial and observe society in a deeper, more meaningful way.
Through the media excerpts students explore contemporary issues such as socialization and deviance, popular culture and technology, health and medicine, race and ethnicity, gender, family, sports, food, and...