This thesis explores the “theories of change” that inform institutional investments in documentary and examines how three public interest media organizations – the National Film Board of Canada, POV and the New York Times – are approaching interactive documentary production, attempting to define what constitutes success or impact.
Videos and podcasts on the CMS Graduate Program: Everything You Wanted to Know
Did you have questions about the graduate program in Comparative Media Studies? Here are videos and podcasts of our fall 2015 information session and graduate program alumni panel.
Video, podcast, and summary: “Women in Politics: Representation and Reality”
Women are chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics. Yet TV shows, fictions, and films have leapt ahead of the electoral curve to give us our first female president(s). What messages about women and power do these fictional representations of female politicians send?
New report: How Interactive Documentaries Represent a New Form of Innovation in Digital Journalism
The report is the first thorough mapping of the ongoing convergence between interactive and participatory practices within digital journalism.
Podcast: Tom Levenson, “Einstein, Mercury, And The Hunt For Vulcan”
MIT professor of science writing Tom Levenson discusses his new book, “The Hunt for Vulcan…And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe”.
Podcast: Stuart Brotman, “Global Internet Development Viewed Through The Net Vitality Lens”
Net Vitality is a new analytic approach to examine ways to sustain long-term Internet vibrancy, both in the United States and around the world, and helps inform future government policies that impact the deployment and adoption of broadband technologies.
Podcast and summary: Heather Hendershot, “From Firing Line to The O’Reilly Factor”
The conservative William F. Buckley hoped to convert viewers, but there was more to it than that. You could actually learn about other points of view.
