PEOPLE 4 PEOPLE BLOG
UNDERSTANDING THE
POWER OF IMAGES
Understanding the Power of Images explores how images influence identity,
behavior, and democratic participation and how visual media-film, television, advertising, social media, and digital storytelling-psychologically shapes
what Americans believe, feel and value.
INSIGHTS AND STORIES
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Our Blog is a curated hub for research-informed
thought leadership and youth-led storytelling advancing
film media literacy, mental health equity, narrative justice,
and civic engagement.
Forward: Rehearsal For War : Let The Screen Help!
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Why popularity, emotion and dopamine distort truth online.
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Youth As Media Makers: From Consumers To Creators
Why Film Media Literacy builds a future-ready workforce.
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Mental Health Equity and Narrative Power
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Rehearsal For War by Andrew Buchanan
Images Are Never Neutral
Examining how images silently
shape emotion, belief and
public understanding.
Why narrative is an upstream determinant of mental health equity.
Rebuilding The Public Square: Media As Community Infrastructure
How visual communication rebuilds trust, communication and public spaces.
Designated Driver : A Case Study
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Film Media Literacy Is Workforce Literacy
How youth reclaim narrative power through media creation.
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Who Owns The Story?
The Psychological Impact of American Images : The Paradox
Social Media: The Dopamine Trap
The Vision: Reclaiming Democracy Using Images
Discover why film media literacy is essential in reclaiming control of the American story
Who shapes narratives, controls representation, and influences public perception?
How visual storytelling empowers citizens, strengthens democracy and expands belonging.
National Call-To-Action Video Series
ECHOES OF AN ERA
Echoes of an Era brings together two video shorts that pair prophetic music from the 70's with present day images of gun violence, school shootings, climate change disasters, and the ongoing fight for Democracy. By collapsing past and present these works reveal how unresolved crisis repeat across generations - and ask what will it take to finally break the cycle.
Wholy Holy Change The Story
Wholy Holy Change The Story, refuses nostalgia and demands accountability, asking will we finally act to save a world repeatedly pushed towards collapse or will we continue to look away as if its fate is already sealed.
