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    Genre Matters

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    andreas thatcher NONE
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    Genre Matters genre Age Of Stupid mass media social change public sphere Curator's Note Age Of Stupid crowdsourced its funding and distribution, which is rightly garnering considerable attention among documentarians. What is less acknowledged is its ...

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  • In Media Res
    Re: Genre Matters

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    Thank you for the great comments. In fact, the questions do focus on the core of the issue. First, the term documentary and its historical reference to journalistic rigour is being whittled away from both sides, as Robert points out with District 9. This ...
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    Re: Genre Matters

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    Thanks for the comment Erika. I agree with your point about the Daily Show, and it is interesting that some studies indicate it contains the same amount of actual news as cable news shows. As Robert pointed out, the term documentary is being revised, and ...