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Social Issue Documentary

A Social Issue Documentary is a documentary film that belongs to the broader category of nonfiction cinema and is distinguished by its focused examination of pressing societal problems, aiming to raise awareness, provoke discourse, or inspire reform through factual representation and narrative engagement.

18

Publications

989

Citations

30

Authors

25

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Social Issue Documentaries

Parents

Publications

18

Public Affairs Television and the Growth of Political Malaise: The Case of “The Selling of the Pentagon”

Michael J. Robinson · American Political Science Review · 1976 · 589 citations

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Documentary Film: Towards a Research Agenda on Forms, Functions, and Impacts

Matthew C. Nisbet, Patricia Aufderheide · Mass Communication & Society · 2009 · 68 citations

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Interethnic Marriage in the United States: An Introduction

Stanley O. Gaines, Eddie M. Clark, Stephanie E. Afful · Journal of Social Issues · 2015 · 54 citations

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Looking Beyond Caged Heat

Dawn K. Cecil · Feminist Criminology · 2007 · 51 citations · Full text

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Documentary Film as Policy Analysis: The Impact of<i>Yes, In My Backyard</i>on Activists, Agendas, and Policy

David Whiteman · Mass Communication & Society · 2009 · 31 citations

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Authors

30

  1. CB
    Caty Borum Chattoo

    American University, United States

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. JE
    Joseph E. McGrath

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. MB
    Marusya Bociurkiw

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. WJ
    Will Jenkins

    American University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. JX
    Jordi Xifra

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

25

  1. American University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    147 citations

  2. National Center for Supercomputing Applications

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  5. Universitat de Girona

    Girona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Middle Tennessee State University

    Murfreesboro, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

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Venues

  1. Mass Communication & Society

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Journal of Social Issues

    2 publications · 67 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. BMJ Open

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Journal of Electronic Publishing

    JEP · 1 publications · 11 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Journal of Law and Society

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

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