Empowering Media That Matters

Blog

PEG Access Media Become Local Communication Hubs in Crisis

August 18, 2020

Public, educational and governmental (PEG) cable channels are essential, and not just in a crisis.

AFI Docs: Living in Spite of It All

July 09, 2020

As a stopgap measure, the AFI Docs festival in Washington, DC was remarkably satisfying. The technology largely worked; most Zoom participants remembered to mute/unmute; the ticketing was efficient;...

Black Lives Matter.

June 08, 2020

We, the team at the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University’s School of Communication, express our deep sorrow and unequivocal outrage in response to the murders of George...

How much copyright censorship is OK?

May 30, 2020
by Patricia Aufderheide

The Copyright Office’s latest report is a real slap in the face for Michael Moore--and everyone who ever posted a painstakingly executed remix, or investigative story, or delicious satire and...

Picasso, Africa and Fair Use: How Art History Expands Its Vision

May 20, 2020
by Patricia Aufderheide

A leading art historian employed fair use to release a pathbreaking work showing Picasso's roots in colonialist views of Africans.

Fair Use to the Rescue for Online Teaching in the Age of COVID-19

April 09, 2020

The latest CMSI blog post gives you lots of resources to help you use copyright responsibly in online teaching.

What Creative Artists Should Know About the Future of Intellectual Property — And Why It Matters

April 06, 2020
by Erica Diya Basu

Aram Sinnreich provides a timely analysis of how copyrights, patents, and trademarks have political, economic, and cultural implications.

True/False 2020: Reality, Fiction, Foresight

March 14, 2020

The annual parade, "March March," at True False Film Festival. On the verge of the Great Shutdown, this year’s True/False Film Festival fought off COVID-19 with gallon jugs of hand sanitizer,...

Tools of the Trade: Documentary Makers Talk Gear

February 18, 2020
by Caty Borum Chattoo and Susan Yin

This article was originally published on IDA’s website, www.documentary.org For as long as stories have called upon documentary filmmakers to tell them, makers have used—and evolved—technology...

RT @paufder: An extraordinary film about an extraordinary artist! Must-watch. https://t.co/p4FmsyoWoY

7 hrs ago on Twitter

Follow @CMSImpact

RT @phbalancedfilms: Were awarding the #ReelWomenRealChange funds we would have spent this year to other women change makers in the world.

10 hrs ago on Twitter

Follow @CMSImpact

RT @firelightmedia: This Sunday, Oct.4, 6pm PST/9pm EST: Our own #MarciaSmith joins producer and scholar @CatyBC for a discussion about "Ho

10 hrs ago on Twitter

Follow @CMSImpact

RT @SarahMosses: Well that was insightful! If you are looking to plan a comprehensive media engagement plan for your #impactcampaign, make

1 day ago on Twitter

Follow @CMSImpact

An inspiring conversation! Thank you @fulloffaith22. Do we really have to wait one whole week for the next webinar? https://t.co/uR2zLOtRaJ

1 day ago on Twitter

Follow @CMSImpact

Center for Media & Social Impact
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016-8017

home | copyright 2020 CMSI | Built by Nick Ray