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This 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 TV.

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public_access_paula_Manley.pdf

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 positions that best support the creativity and diversity that independent filmmakers represent? Digital Futures: A Need-to-Know Policy Guide for Independent Filmmakers answers those questions with to-the-point answers.

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ITVSdigitalfutures.pdf

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. Funded by the Ford Foundation.

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.

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media_metanoia.pdf