Insight Media (Firm)

"Introduces basic concepts concerning financial markets. It looks at different types of financial markets and the various instruments they use, including the stock exchange, the market for loan funds, the market for foreign exchange, and the futures market."--Distributor's website.

This program presents three vignettes about ethical issues that arise in professional engineering practice. It highlights such issues as protecting the public interest, acting as a faithful agent for an employer, and avoiding conflicts of interest.

Diversity specialist Norine Dresser outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among cultures and examines cultural variations in eating customs.

This video presents a range of structures, both from nature and man made which help clarify, in simple language, the principles underlying the properties of structures. Included are discussions of tension, compression, arches, cantilevering, pre and post-stressing beams, shear, torsion and a section on light structures.

Follows the design process during the creation of a new lawnmower. When a company needs a new design, they approach an industrial design office with a brief Shows the brainstorming process, looks at prototypes and testing in the factory, and shows the product's manufacture and launch.

"Defines plagiarism in all its modern and common forms. Students and teachers talk frankly about their experiences and the reasons why some people copy. Teaches the relevant research, quoting and referencing skills that will enable a student to steer clear of plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional"--Publisher Web site.

Featuring a professor and students from Parsons School of Design, this program describes how elements of design (color, size, texture, line, and shape) are combined to achieve design principles such as unity, dominance, contrast, and rhythm. Examples from fields such as architecture, fashion, interior design, theater, product design, and printed publications are included.

Wayang Golek is the rod-puppet theater of Sunda (West Java), Indonesia, which incorporates a vibrant mixture of storytelling, songs, and instrumental music. This program introduces the Wayang Golek tradition, focusing on puppeteer, musician, and puppet-maker Atik Rasta and his family. The first part of the video features footage from an all-night performance, interwoven with interviews with the artists. The second part examines the music of the accompanying...

A discussion of the legal ramifications of downloading music from the Internet. Traces the history of the copyright law. Explains rights and limitations of copyrighted materials. Features legal experts who discuss issues of downloading music, the rights of record companies and performers, the fair use exception, and copyright protection on the Internet.