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Who is doing social media training?
A handful of us in the social media space are moving ahead with the idea of planning a series of Social Media Innovation Camps around the country. Two weeks ago Jessica Clark posed the question, Could “Social Media Innovation Camps” help power ground-up public media? We’re still at the stage of gauging reaction (positive so far) and garnering input on similar initiatives (sparse so far. So I thought I’d share what I’ve uncovered to date. The notion of increasing civic engagement through social media is not a new one, but it has taken on widely … more
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Where Hostile Governments Meet Public Media
How can public media develop in regions where governments are hostile to press freedoms? A look at emerging projects in the South Caucasus—a region of … more
Crowdsourcing the first 100 days
Now that the election’s finally over, all the energy that was poured into making social media for the campaigns is being redirected to citizen-driven agenda … more
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Publication!
Here at the Center for Social Media, and in conjunction with the Program on Information, Justice and Intellectual Property, and the Media Education Lab, we … more
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The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances—especially when the cultural or social benefits of the use are predominant. It is a general right that applies even in situations where the law provides no specific authorization for the use in question—as it does for certain narrowly defined classroom activities.
This guide identifies five principles that represent the media literacy education community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials, wherever and however it occurs: in K–12 education, in higher education, in nonprofit organizations that offer programs for children and youth, and in adult education.