ENG 111: eVideos

Bullying is not “just a rite of passage.” In actuality, says the National Crime Prevention Council, it’s a leading factor in suicide among kids 11 to 16 years of age. And although bullying is only one of a number of suicide-related risk factors impacting tweens and teens, the fact that the term “bullycide” has entered the lexicon is a telling sign of how closely linked bullying and suicide are perceived to be.  View Video.

For many of us, the right to express our ideas and live how we choose is something we take for granted. But these rights and many others have come as the result of years of hard work and deliberation. In this program we learn what human rights are and why they are important.  View Video.

What would modern life be like without technology? Where has technology made a difference? This program explores how the equipment we often take for granted has become an integral part of our daily lives. View Video.

 

Liz Murray tells how her parents' drug abuse resulted in homelessness in her teens. Determined to change her life after both parents died of AIDS, Liz graduated from high school with honors and was accepted at Harvard University.  View Video.

Sexual harassment is any form of unwanted sexual attention such as a joke, touch, remark, or look that makes victims feel violated or degraded. The best prevention is to treat everyone with respect.   View Video.

Professor Jim al-Khalili takes a sharp-witted and optimistic look at machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind – and why we should not let this spook us... View Video.

 

With amazing courage and candor, students discuss racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and more. From the youth who are targeted, to the students who pick on them, to those who find the courage to intervene,  View Video.

In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide"...  View Video.

 

Mobile phone magnets are made with neodymium mined in Baotou, China. For each ton produced, 1.75 tons of waste is discharged into an 11 square kilometer lake. The area is radioactive. View Video.

 With the rising phenomenon of social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, constant interconnectivity with friends and family is now part of a teens daily life. However as opposed to enriching their lives, is social media just another avenue for teens to become addicted to? One of the biggest problems facing our teens today is the addictive, pervasive effects of social media. View Video.

CLIMATE REFUGEES is the first feature film to explore in-depth the global human impact of climate change and its serious destabilizing effect on international politics. The film turns the distant concept of global warming into a concrete human problem with enormous worldwide consequences. View Video.

FRONTLINE examines the promise and perils of artificial intelligence (AI); from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the US and China. View Video.