Documentary Film as Policy Analysis

The Impact of Yes, In My Backyard on Activists, Agendas, and Policy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7493752
AutoresDavid Whiteman (0000-0001-6383-9338, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume12
Fascículo4
Páginas457-477
Data de publicação2009-09-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMass Communication & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1520-5436 • E-ISSN: 1532-7825
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15205430903237816
OpenAlexW2014927162
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas6

The production and distribution of social-issue documentaries can have a wide range of significant impact on community organizations, educational institutions, citizens, and policy makers. What this article seeks to demonstrate, using the example of Tracy Huling's Yes, In My Backyard, is the utility of an “issue-centered model” that allows a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the full range of political impact, including impact on producers, activists, and policymakers. Much of the way Yes, In My Backyard “worked” within the rural prison issue network parallels the way that policy analysis can affect public agendas and public policy. Although many documentaries can be regarded as “implicit” pieces of policy analysis, Huling's is the most explicit, and her measure of success is how well her work can alter the agenda of activists and policy makers, stimulate research to support policy change, and then help implement that change

Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Parallels · Policy analysis · Political science · Politics · Prison · Public policy · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Global socioeconomic and cultural dynamics · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Media Studies and Communication · Law · Public Administration