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Center for Environmental Filmmaking Releases Media Impact Report

November 18, 2020

AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking (CEF) released its 2020 Impact Media Report at the 2020 Jackson Wild Summit.

Double Exposure 2020: Investigative Documentary Investigated

October 27, 2020

At Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival, come for the recent festival winners that share a common DNA: investigative journalism. And stay for the conversations about how to do it right. This...

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.

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RT @yvettescorse: Thanks to Devorne Hormeku of @ColorOfChange for breaking down rapid response comms that benefit Black lives and movements

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