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Television and Screenwriters

A Few Surprises (and some Big Questions) in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Schools for Media Professionals

A Few Surprises (and some Big Questions) in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Schools for Media Professionals

With the education and job history data for over 300 million members at their fingertips, LinkedIn is in a unique position to connect undergraduate programs with a successful career as a Media professional. But USC at #19 and UCLA lower still? Now, that is something to get Hollywood talking.

Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

With a current television schedule filled with vampires, corrupt cops, hypocritical politicians, fathers who act like buffoons, soft-core porn, growing levels of violence, and more – who’s producing programs that will do for this generation of kids the same thing that The Lone Ranger and Adam 12 did for the last?

What’s Your Cause, by Marc Erlbaum

What’s Your Cause, by Marc Erlbaum

It used to be that activism demanded significant energy and time. With the advent of the internet, however, we do not have to travel to the other end of the globe, or venture into dangerous situations closer to home, to witness the plight of those who need our help. It used to be that activism demanded significant energy and time. With the advent of the internet, however, we do not have to travel to the other end of the globe, or venture into dangerous situations closer to home, to witness the plight of those who need our help.

Current Films by Act One Graduates Reveal Strange Dichotomy in Box Office Mojo’s ‘Christian Movie’ Category

Current Films by Act One Graduates Reveal Strange Dichotomy in Box Office Mojo’s ‘Christian Movie’ Category

Clare Sera’s BLENDED and Andrea Nasfell’s MOM’S NIGHT OUT highlight the strange dichotomy between ‘Christian’ movies and the rest of Hollywood. The legitimacy and media attention are nice, but is it really a good thing for faith-based filmmaking?

After the Apocalypse: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Technology, by Barry Taylor, PhD

After the Apocalypse: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Technology, by Barry Taylor, PhD

I have been thinking a fair bit about this fascination that there seems to be with the idea of post-apocalypse, post-technological collapse. It’s evident in things as diverse as The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, and JJ Abrams produced, Revolution’s, exploration of a world without electricity. It seems to echo the on-going love/hate relationship we have with technology…