Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Participant Index Seeks to Determine Why One Film Spurs Activism, While Others Falter - NYTimes.com

Participant Index Seeks to Determine Why One Film Spurs Activism, While Others Falter - NYTimes.com: LOS ANGELES — You watched the wrenching documentary. You posted your outrage on Twitter. But are you good for more than a few easy keystrokes of hashtag activism?

Participant Media and some powerful partners need to know.

For the last year Participant, an activist entertainment company that delivers movies with a message, has been quietly working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Knight Foundation and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to answer a question vexing those who would use media to change the world.

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