Steve Bassett’s Sociology Channel

Steve Bassett’s Channel consists of around 250 reasonably short (10 – 15 minutes mostly) “video lectures”, the last was made around 6 years ago. The earliest content here was made around 11 years ago so if you use the films you need to be aware of possible curriculum changes (in terms of topics and content covered, for example) and the fact that some of the information – particularly the statistical stuff – may be a little dated now.

Judging by the topics covered, I’m guessing the films were made for students studying the OCR Specification:

• What Is Sociology
• Social differentiation and Stratification
• World Sociology (Globalisation)
• Mass Media
• Youth Culture
• Sociological Theory
• Political Sociology
• Research Methods
• Exam and Study Skills

Aside from being aware of aforementioned Specification changes (World Sociology, for example,   has morphed into Globalisation and Political Sociology has been dropped from the Spec. altogether), different versions of the same Specification may cover different topics. So, the sage advice whenever using these kinds of materials in your studies is to “Check The Spec” to make sure what you’re studying is still on it.

Although Steve’s delivery style isn’t the most dynamic you’ll ever hear (and then some), he does deliver his message with a certain dogged determinism that makes you feel as though you may be learning something.