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January 3, 2022
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Making the HIV Response Work for Women Through Film: a Toolkit for Action

Pili is a feature length drama set in rural Tanzania. The film is based on the stories of real women living with HIV in the coastal region of Tanzania. The film uses real people rather than trained actors and real locations such as care and treatment clinics in which to stage the drama.
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January 3, 2022
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The Dangerous Misrepresentations That Define Television’s Scripted Crime Genre

It is also just one example of the many forces working against building empathy for Black people in society, shaping both a public mindset and a media environment that enable politicians to scapegoat us without consequence and enable the criminal justice system to continue targeting us for violence, exploitation and abuse without remedy.
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January 3, 2022
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#WRITEINCLUSION: Tips for Accurate Representation – CRIMINAL JUSTICE

All players in the criminal justice and prison-industrial complex* system. This includes incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people (in jails, prisons, and detention centers*), law enforcement officers and officials, court system members (DAs, judges, lawyers, etc.), and correctional officers and authorities.
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January 3, 2022
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The Inclusion Imperative: Why Media Representation Matters for Kids’ Ethnic-Racial Development

Media plays a critical role in shaping how we understand and make sense of ourselves, our identities, and the world around us. It can perpetuate stereotypes and biases, exacerbating injustice and inequities. But it also presents an opportunity to reduce bias, end division, and be a gateway to a more inclusive future.
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January 3, 2022
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Covid-19: Content “Be a Protector” Creator Resource Guide 5.0

If you are considering including COVID-19 messaging in your content, this guide is inspired by the successful “Designated Driver” storylines popularized by NBC in the late 80s. Building on ongoing research conducted by the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, here’s how you can help create and encourage conscious content that models “Be a Protector” behavior, to slow the spread of COVID-19 for those most at risk—and open people up to getting the vaccine.
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January 3, 2022
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Behind the Scenes The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing

In 2019, the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity (TTIE) surveyed current TV writers to delve deeper behind the scenes into issues of representation, inclusion, and equity in television writing. Our goal was to discover barriers that underrepresented writers face in entering and advancing within the industry and to better understand the relationship between underrepresentation and inclusive story content.
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January 3, 2022
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Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies

The purpose of the present study was to explore the prevalence and portrayal of Muslim characters in popular film. The study includes both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 200 top-grossing movies released between 2017 and 2019 across four countries: the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. In the quantitative analysis
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January 3, 2022
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Disabled U.s. Audience Perceptions of Representation on Screen

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS), based in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sought to examine the needs and opinions of disabled individuals in terms of media representation.
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January 3, 2022
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ViacomCBS Social Impact Review

2020 was a year of rising to the occasion: one in which ViacomCBS had to demonstrate who we are as a company and how we show up for our employees, audiences, communities and partners around the world. We faced one of the worst health crises in a generation and a racial reckoning that continues to reverberate across our society.
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