Think about your research topic and the question you would like to address in your video.
What specifically is the topic for your video?
What question are you trying to answer, or what specific topic are you addressing in your 3-5 minute video?
Examples of possible topics related to the social sciences:
- Impact of COVID-19 on education (remote learning)
- Role of religion during the pandemic
- Rise of domestic violence and/or child abuse during COVID-19 crisis
- Impact of coronavirus economic stimulus packages on the economy
- Health costs of actions to slow the spread of the virus (fear of COVID-19 and reduction in preventative care such as mammograms, colonoscopies, cancer care, and heart conditions)
- Impact of COVID-19 on women in the workforce
- How the virus impacts people differently based on socioeconomic status (Adherence to corona rules are very much based on socioeconomic status. For example, low-income workers feel pressured to work even when sick.)
- Impact on mental health due to quarantine (anxiety, depression, suicide)
- Effects of social isolation on children and/or the elderly
- Impact of COVID-19 on the incarcerated
- Role race/ethnicity plays in this crisis (For example, racial and ethnic disparities in death rates and/or Anti-Asian discrimination due to the pandemic)
- Vaccine hesitancy (polls suggest a sizable proportion of the U.S. population doesn’t plan to receive the vaccine or is unsure about receiving it)
- Impact of economic lockdowns on small businesses
- Impact of the pandemic on politics in the U.S. (politics and health)
- When government spending isn’t enough - researching charitable donations during the crisis.