Media Literacy for Teens
TV and radio commercials, Web sites and banner ads, magazine ads, pop songs, photos, and even news articles and textbooks: all of them are sending messages to influence the reader/viewer/listener. How do they grab the attention? What are they sellin...
From a different shore: the Japanese-American experience
Japanese-Americans are often deemed to be a model ethnic community who have achieved their "success" by virtue of their own efforts. However, the road to success was a difficult one and, as a result, the Japanese-American experience has been very di...
Conversation: exploring preconceived notions about otherness
You're walking down the street and you see someone approaching. You glance at his or her face and see - what, exactly? Filmed in London, this program brings together more than two dozen total strangers to reveal the hidden judgments people make abou...
Women's prisons: old problems and new solutions
Once solely a realm of punishment, some prisons now offer choices intended to educate, empower, and, ultimately, liberate. This program goes inside three women's prisons in the U.S. and Canada, contrasting old and new correctional philosophies. Key ...
Advertising
Some Americans charge that the advertising industry promotes materialism and compels them to buy things they don't want. However, most are unaware that the TV and radio shows, newspapers, and magazines they enjoy for virtually no cost are paid for a...
Herbert Ouida
International Business Society presents Herbert Ouida
Shackled women: abuses of a patriarchal world
With dowries reaching fifty percent of a family's income, a second daughter is often called "the girl born for the burial pit." This program assesses second- and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment - and examines how femal...
Update on the kids from Camden: keeping hopes and dreams alive
Returning to three young at-risk citizens of Camden, New Jersey, and their stories of hardship and hope, this ABC News program illustrates the conditions many children face in urban America. How have the lives of Ivan, Billy Joe, and Moochie develop...
Women and men unglued: marriage and relationships in the 21st century
Men and women of marriageable age are staying single in record numbers. The traditional family is fast becoming an anachronism. Could the 21st century be the era when the sexes go their separate ways? Through a series of filmed portraits and candid,...
The new generation: Vietnamese-Americans today
Through candid interviews with first- and second-generation Vietnamese-Americans, this program documents the process of assimilation into American culture of refugees from the former Republic of Vietnam. Vu-Duc Vuong, of the University of California...