Press
CSM in the News
Sex, Lies, and Video Remixes: Critiquing 'Mad Men' in Its Own Words
March 22, 2012: The Atlantic introduces cultural piracy remix, the work from the Center for Social Media's fellow Elisa Kreisinger.
PBS Shifts in Time Slots Hurt Series of Films
March 18, 2012: The New York Times talks about PBS's recent prime-time schedule change and quotes Patricia Aufderheide, director of the Center for Social Media commenting on this issue.
Mozilla Announces Living Docs Project in Open-Source Documentaries
March 13, 2012: The Web Pro News featuring the "Living Docs" project and announcing the Center to be one of its partners.
Pushing Back Against Legal Threats by Putting Fair Use Forward
May 29, 2011: The Chronicle introducing Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright, a book authored by Patricia Aufderheide, director of the Center for Social Media, and Peter Jaszi, a law professor at American University.
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
March 22, 2011: San Francisco Film Society featured the Media that Matters conference in their "Indie Toolkit" section of their blog SF360.
Transmedia Is the New Black: "Media That Matters"
March 8, 2011: The International Documentary Assoication reviews the 2011 Media that Matters conference.
Media That Matters in 2011
March 4, 2011: Leah Mahan Productions reviews the 2011 Media That Matters conference hosted by the Center for Social Media.
Experts Weigh Pros and Cons of Social Media
August 16, 2010: PBS' MediaShift included comments from the Center for Social Media's Jessica Clark in this article about social media.
When Information Goes Bad
July 10, 2010: Voice of America interviewed Center for Social Media's Jessica Clark about social media and the news environment.
Creative Media Policy Can Spur Civic Innovation
June 25, 2010: New America Foundation published an article by the Center's Jessica Clark in their blog Sustaining Democracy in a Digital Age.
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