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RESOURCES
FOR ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
New Media
As new technologies make it easier to make and communicate
creative work, activists and artists are experimenting in exciting
ways. Interactivity, showcasing of new voices, and collaboratively-made
public affairs and news are some of the approaches showcased on
the websites below.
Generation
M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 year-olds
New from the Kaiser Family Foundation, this study examined media
use among youth finding them spending an increasing amount of time
using "new media" such as computers, Internet and video
games, and increasing their media consumption by using more than
one medium.
Links
Using
Video to Create Social Change
Developed by The Center for Reprodcutive Law and Policy, this handbook
aggregates infromation on creating socially motivated work. The
document is availble free in PDF format or in print at low cost.
Web
Lab
Founded by Marc Weiss, Web Lab encourages exploration in new media.
"Web Lab's mission is to promote the use of the Internet and
Internet technologies in the public interest; to fund, develop,
and produce projects which expand the public understanding of the
Internet as a medium and invite two-way participatory communication."
Steps
for the Future (Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects)
A collection of films made and distributed to encourage discussion,
to counter discrimination and to reach out to the Southern African
people who struggle with the fastest rate of HIV infection in the
world. Partners filmmakers, NGO's, foundations, broadcasters and individuals.
One
World TV
An interactive documentary project of the Oneworld.net, which aggregates
information from thousands of nongovernmental organizations worldwide.
NAvigate through clips upload by filmmakres and assemble a story.
P.O.V.
Beyond Borders
Exciting experiments explore how to develop interactive narratives
in this public TV documentary series.
War
Beyond The Box
The Center for Social Media scanned the internet to look at some
of the media strategies being used during the war in Iraq. The war
spurred many types of communication; they are categorized and links
to examples are provided.
MediaRights:
Media That Matters Film Festival
The Festival brings high-impact shorts and Take Action tools to
audiences around the country all year long. The jury-selected film
and video shorts, digital stories and new media stream online, are
broadcast, tour the country through community screenings, and also
distributed as a jam-packed DVD.
The Center for Digital Storytelling
Uses digital tools to help people tell meaningful stories about
their lives.
DVRepublic.com
A "liberated zone" in cyberspace.
DigitalDocumentary.org
A showcase for digital storytelling, including the story of one
interracial family.
Third World Majority
A media training and production resource center “dedicated
to global justice,” where in three day workshops, community
members create digital videos describing their histories and realities.
YouthNoise.org
Where the voices and stories of young people making their own media
for social action are on display.
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