Social Impact Entertainment - 101
Getting Started
August 19, 2017
This research report details the Common Sense methodology for developing the first-of-its-kind tagging system that identifies movies and TV programs that promote core character strengths and life skills. In this report we describe insights gleaned from our work, which included an extensive literature review of multiple academic fields, with a focus on our core competencies: kids and media. We also report the results of evaluation research conducted with parents and educators in focus groups and in a small intervention study, conducted in three different cities and in English and Spanish.
August 6, 2017
The following practices are based on research and input from faculty and students in media production programs across the U.S. They are designed to encourage the building of skills and knowledge that will make you versatile, creative in solving problems, and a strong member of a team, whether you’re a leader or part of the crew.
August 6, 2017
EDIT Media’s impetus in developing this document began in department meetings, at conferences, and in student conversations about recurring problems in production classes: frustration with gender, racial, economic, and other imbalances in the classroom; students’ desire to see a wider array of media makers, actors, and characters in examples presented in class; and shared concerns across campuses and at festivals over stereotypical characters, gratuitous violence, and clichéd narratives in student work.