An Animated Introduction to Social Science

Soomo Publishing's "Animated Introduction to Social Science" defines the broad-spectrum discipline of social science. Social Science is made up of anthropology, geography, sociology, political science and psychology. Soomo's video explains the questions each academic discipline seeks to answer and how each comes together within our society.

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Directed by:
Tim Alden Grant

Produced by:
Tim Alden Grant
Shea Sizemore

Written by:
Emilia Fuentes Grant

Art Direction by:
Nick Vitelli

Voices by:
Anthro: Mike Harrison
Geo: Bailee Collins
Poli Sci: Tanya McClellan
Psych: Rowell Gormon
Soc: Kyle Holman

Additional voices by:
Adam Frazier
Katie Hobbs
Adam Hobbs
Emilia Fuentes Grant

Animation by:

Stop motion:
Nick Vitelli
Tim Alden Grant
MIke Tangalakis

Stickmen:
Tim Alden Grant

"The Brain!":
Moriah Geer-Hardwick

Fabrication by:
Nick Vitelli
Mike Tangalakis
Shea Sizemore
Paul Metzger
David Alger

Costume Design by:
Trent Pcenicni

Edited by:
Tim Alden Grant

Compositing by:
Byron Nash @ Edit at Joe's

Music by:
Aaron Robertson

Sound Mixing and Editing by:
Michael Lee @ 26" Audio

Special Thanks to:
Ron Alcorn @ Park Commercial Real Estate
Crystal Vitelli
Kim Tangalkis
Rick Sizemore

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[yinzer38]

Good video, but why wasn't ECONOMICS included as a social science?

[MarketsAlwaysFail]

Because they masquerade as a Real Science. And many people are fooled.

[cmqc510]

its part of political, I would guess.

[Jake4595]

I think because economic is more of a man made system for trade and resource, would not fit into the studies of human nature and the mysterious of actions.

[ServantOfWisdom]

Economics isn't a part of your Real Science™? It fools people? You mean like every other social science? Or do you suspect that political science and psychology are observable sciences that teach absolute truths now? The principles of economics are as noteworthy as those of any other social science, and like them, humans are still just scratching the surface of what there is to learn. I personally like them all.

[nwritingd]

All the social sciences focus on human behavior; they differ from one another not so much in the content of what each field studies, but, rather, in what the social scientists look for when they conduct their studies. Accordingly, to make clearer the differences between them, it might be helpful to look at how different social scientists might approach the same topic.

[AlpharGAME]

this is very very strange.

[AlpharGAME]

??

[josefu0]

My study of Marxism made me interested in learning social science. To understand and improve the society.

[Raina Winters]

Great video!

[Abiesbracteata]

Because economics is a sub-set of political science: this goes back to the days when they were both the same study known as Political Economy. The need to better understand movements of money during the massive war mobilization of WWI started the division of the studies, the Great Depression & WWII codified the split.

Just remember, the original split was between the study of medicine & the study of philosophy some 2,000+ years ago. That's why doctors come in two types: Ph.D.'s and M.D.'s.