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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. It is amazing that Spelman has a documentary film program — it is the only HBCU with one.

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The Rise of Local News Deserts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These losses have been incredibly damaging, especially in a time of social media misinformation, disinformation and isolation. This surge includes new entrants into the media landscape, as nearly one-third of these digital sites are less than five years old. The current media landscape isn’t uniform.

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Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

The Guardian Higher Education

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research.

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The Educator’s Guide to Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a fast-paced society influenced by various factors, including commercialism, political discourse, technology, social media, and economics, the term self- Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee care fails to be a mainstream pillar in culture, practice, and conversations. Give yourself and others grace. Learn to forgive yourself and others.

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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Oh “I think that also leads to a lack of opportunities for people to play interesting roles [in the dramatic arts],” said Oh, noting the underrepresentation of Asians in popular American media. For years, Oh has been studying Asian American representation along with matters of identity, critical media studies, and the diaspora.

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Going Viral: Top 5 Cities for Social Media Management Internships Abroad 

AIFS Abroad

Successful social media management means connecting with a target audience that may be different from you. One of the best ways to do this is with an international social media management internship. AIFS Abroad offers exceptional opportunities for internships in some of the worlds most exciting cities for social media.

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Social intelligence isn't for social media managers

Campus Sonar

Your social media manager isnt the right person to determine how you use (or dont use) social listening. To demonstrate, consider how social listening is leveraged to produce social intelligence for the entertainment industry. Colleges and universities put too much work on their social media managers plates.

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