Patricia Aufderheide's Posts

Some of my faves at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival were documentaries that track the evolution of a culture from the inside.

Two of them focused on the emergent practice of public data-hacking/dumping. Both Patrick Forbes’ "Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies" and Brian Knappenberger’s "We Are Legion" take on their subjects with journalistic curiosity and an eye for the oddball. Both are mostly B-roll with interviews, but they provide rich insight into processes.
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True/False, a film festival nestled in the college town Columbia, MO (an irony-free version of Austin, TX), is where you want to watch films that debuted at Sundance. Venues are well-tended and easy to get to; everybody’s cheerful; the selection of films is delicious, and the filmmakers are easy to chat up. Read more...

The National Communication Association (NCA), a leading academic assocation for communication teachers and scholars, has endorsed the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication. Read more...

What standards do public broadcasters hold themselves to, in the era of foreclosure news beats, the Arab spring, and #DowntonAbbey? Or, to ask the question another way, what is public broadcasting's mission? Read more...

The Visual Resources Association has released its own code of best practices in fair use. It will be enormously valuable to art teachers, librarians, curators, publishers and more.Read more...