“Birtherism,” the false belief that President Obama was not born in the United States, is now a defining issue in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. While much analysis has focused on what this means for the GOP, a more important question is what the falsehood’s persistence reveals about the media, writes Michael McCarthy, […]
NAMAC
NAMAC fosters and fortifies the culture and business of independent media arts. Through dialogue, collaboration, research and advocacy, we connect, organize and develop organizations. NAMAC was founded in 1980 by an eclectic group of media arts organization leaders who realized they could strengthen their social and cultural impact by working as a united force. Their […]
NOVAC
Now in our 40th year of operation, NOVAC is the longest continuously running media-arts 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the Southeastern US. We have a mission to cultivate a sustainable film community by providing access to resources, education and locally generated content. NOVAC accomplishes this mission through education, career development, community outreach, independent productions, and special events. […]
New Media and Youth Political Action
Substantial numbers of young people across racial and ethnic groups are engaging in “participatory politics” — acts such as starting a political group online, circulating a blog about a political issue, or forwarding political videos to friends, according to the largest nationally representative study of new media and politics among young people. Researchers with the […]
Respect the Female Consumer
Obituaries for Nora Ephron in June celebrated her achievements as a female screenwriter and film director in Hollywood, a kind of success that is still rare. For the top 250 domestic films of 2011, only 18 percent of behind-the-camera positions, including producer and director, were held by women. Hollywood is still mostly men making movies […]
Social Media, Social Life
This research study provides a snapshot of how U.S. teens experience the role of social media in their social and emotional lives. Using survey data from a nationally representative, probability-based sample of 13- to 17-year-olds, we address these questions: How often are teens texting and using Facebook and Twitter? What are teenagers’ favorite ways to […]
IDENTIFYING MEDIA CONSUMPTION HABITS AND MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS IN COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATES
In the United States, media literacy education is not as advanced as in other English speaking regions such as, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia. Most teachers and students in the US are unaware of issues involved in media literacy education (Kellner & Share, 2005). Due to the fragmentation of today’s news environment, the artificial division […]
‘Denier,’ ‘Alarmist,’ ‘Warmist,’ ‘Contrarian,’ ‘Confusionist,’ ‘Believer,’
[exert]: What to call a scientist or policy wonk, whatever, steadfastly insistent on not accepting the general climate science as viewed from the “consensus” perspective, in particular that Earth indeed is warming and primarily because of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide? Are they merely “skeptics,” a term many scientists and journalists prefer to apply, with […]
Final Report: Symposium on Youth Meanness & Cruelty
As part of the official launch of the Born This Way Foundation, The Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty took place at Harvard Law School on February 29th, 2012. Generously supported by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University in partnership […]
Guide to the IRS Decision-Making Process under Section 501(c)(3) for Journalism and Publishing Non-Profit Organizations
With the journalism industry in a state of flux, there are a growing number of news ventures that have elected to operate as non-profit organizations. Many of these ventures depend upon receiving a federal tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, confusion about the IRS’s […]
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