Media and Metanoia: Documentary "Impact" Through the Lens of Conversion [2003]
Three examples of outreach efforts for social documentaries illustrate the author's argument that outreach efficacy can be evaluated as a change in belief, using literature from religious studies. Read...
View ArticleIn the Battle for Reality: Social Documentaries in the U.S. [2004]
What difference can a documentary make? This fact-filled report by Center co-director Pat Aufderheide, with many case studies of successful strategic use of social documentaries, answers that question....
View ArticleDigital Futures: A Need-to-Know Policy Guide for Independent Filmmakers [2004]
Digital technology is transforming filmmaking. And policymakers are scrambling to catch up with the changes. What policies are good for independent filmmakers? What are the hot issues, and what are the...
View ArticleSocially Engaged Public Access Productions: Making the Road by Walking [2003]
By Paula ManleyThis paper defines the field of socially engaged media in public access television and provides a framework for how social media is being used in public access...
View ArticleBreaking New Ground: A Framework for Measuring the Social Impact of Canadian...
This report examines seven Canadian documentaries, providing reflective guidelines for the future of documentary-making in the country and the world.Read more...Download:nfb_report.pdf
View ArticleAppalshop Calling: From Video to Digital Storytelling
Our good friend Mimi Pickering from Appalshop sent us a recent speech that shows how the participatory media movement has deep roots.Read more...
View ArticleDocumentaries on a Mission: How Nonprofits Are Making Movies for Public...
Read about how the Sierra Club, The American Civil Liberties Union and local environmental groups use documentaries for high-impact and action.Read more...
View ArticleNew Deal 1.5
The New Deal Version 1.5: Monetizing and Mission is the Center's annual report on the nuts and bolts of digital distribution deal- making. Curious about who's making these deals? Average percentages...
View ArticleThe View from the Top: P.O.V. Leaders on the Struggle to Create Truly Public...
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking PBS documentary series P.O.V., the Center for Social Media interviewed several of those who have led the project through its last two...
View ArticleCode of Best Practices for Sustainable Filmmaking [2009]
Find here the Code’s Principles, checklists, carbon trackers and Web resources. Download them from the Code!Read more...
View ArticleHonest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work [2009]
This study provides a map of perceived ethical challenges that documentary filmmakers—directors and producer-directors—in the United States identify in the practice of their craft. It summarizes the...
View ArticleSocial Issue Documentary: The Evolution of Public Engagement [2009]
Documentary films are serving as the core for innovative spaces and practices that mark a new kind of public media – accessible, participatory and inclusive. This article examines the campaigns...
View ArticleWhat Keeps Social Documentaries from Audiences--and How to Fix It
What happens to U.S. social documentaries after they are first seen at a film festival or on television? Far too little--in spite of evidence of rising interest in the genre. Read the results of...
View ArticleProfessor Angie Chuang on the D.C. Sniper, Race, and Otherness
Associated Press/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisTen years ago, people were running across parking lots in zig-zags, and they were afraid to go out in public. October marks the ten-year...
View ArticleMedia and Metanoia: Documentary "Impact" Through the Lens of Conversion [2003]
Three examples of outreach efforts for social documentaries illustrate the author's argument that outreach efficacy can be evaluated as a change in belief, using literature from religious studies. Read...
View ArticleIn the Battle for Reality: Social Documentaries in the U.S. [2004]
What difference can a documentary make? This fact-filled report by Center co-director Pat Aufderheide, with many case studies of successful strategic use of social documentaries, answers that question....
View ArticleDigital Futures: A Need-to-Know Policy Guide for Independent Filmmakers [2004]
Digital technology is transforming filmmaking. And policymakers are scrambling to catch up with the changes. What policies are good for independent filmmakers? What are the hot issues, and what are the...
View ArticleSocially Engaged Public Access Productions: Making the Road by Walking [2003]
By Paula ManleyThis paper defines the field of socially engaged media in public access television and provides a framework for how social media is being used in public access...
View ArticleBreaking New Ground: A Framework for Measuring the Social Impact of Canadian...
This report examines seven Canadian documentaries, providing reflective guidelines for the future of documentary-making in the country and the world.Read more...Download:nfb_report.pdf
View ArticleAppalshop Calling: From Video to Digital Storytelling
Our good friend Mimi Pickering from Appalshop sent us a recent speech that shows how the participatory media movement has deep roots.Read more...
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