Over the past decade, a lively debate has emerged around questions of how best to assess the rising impact of social issue documentaries. In a new report, Social Justice Documentary: Designing for Impact, Center for Social Media (CSM) Fellows Jessica Clark and Barbara Abrash examine this question through the lens of six in-depth case studies of high-impact documentaries, and offer a snapshot of evaluation efforts, an analysis of how strategic design concepts can be applied to documentary production, and a framework to prompt further research.
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