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Beijing: Biography of an Imperial Capital

(BBC Worldwide, 2008), 150 page(s)

This series explores the forces that have shaped Beijing’s history. It discusses the physical layout of the city, shows how Beijing functioned as a place where China and the outside world met, and explains that the city’s biography reflects many rulers, rebels, and renegades.

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The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men

(Media Education Foundation, 2011), 58 mins, 58 page(s)

Featuring commentary from experts, this program explores the forces in male culture that condition many boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. The DVD discusses the pervasive message in popular culture that encourages men to control and humiliate women.

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The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men

(Media Education Foundation, 2011), 58 mins, 58 page(s)

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Broadcasting Your Brand

(Kantola Productions, 2009), 50 mins, 50 page(s)

Featuring Cody Simms of Yahoo! Inc., this program teaches how to publicize one’s brand and content on the Internet using such on-demand methods as RSS, Twitter, widget embedded content, and shared application platforms.

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Building Arguments

(Dallas County Community College District, 2007), 30 mins, 30 page(s)

This program introduces a variety of tools for building arguments and shows how to employ various persuasive strategies when creating arguments. It teaches how to discover and elicit new ways of thinking about a topic and explains how to analyze the arguability of a thesis, develop support, present evidence, use l...

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Business Verbal Communications

(Intelecom, 2009), 26 mins, 26 page(s)

This program examines organizational problems that result from poor verbal communication skills. It teaches five basic rules of communication, details the communications cycle, discusses body language, looks at the relationship between improved communication and stress reduction, and explains the concept of “pos...

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A Closer Look at Advertising

(RMI Media Production, 2000), 1 hour, 60 page(s)

This DVD examines the process and commercial utility of advertising. It defines the promotional mix, discusses advertising’s role in marketing, explains when, where, why, and how to advertise, considers various forms of advertising media, and shows how to measure the efficacy of an advertising campaign.

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The Codes of Gender: Identity and Performance in Pop Culture

(Media Education Foundation, 2009), 1 hour, 60 page(s)

In this DVD, Sut Jhally applies Erving Goffman’s analysis of advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape and shows how this influential media form reinforces gender norms. He provides a definition for gender as a ritualized performance. For mature audiences.

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Cognition and Language

(Coastline Community College), 30 mins, 30 page(s)

This program shows how human language differs from methods of communication in animals. It examines the varied components of human language, looks at the use of symbolic representations in depicting objects, actions, ideas, and feelings, and considers the linguistic capabilities of animals.

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Cross-Cultural Issues in Translating

(Contemporary Arts Media, 2011), 1 hour, 60 page(s)

Filmed at the 2010 Synergise! Conference, which was organized by the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators, this DVD explores ways to resolve the conflict that arises when a translation seems to exhibit lexical equivalence between source language and target language, but is ultimately inaccurate bec...

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