Entertainment Education

Entertainment-education in development communication: Between marketing behaviors and empowering people

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. Entertainment-education in development communication - between marketing behaviours and empowering people. In: Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development. red. / Thomas Tufte ; Oscar Hemer. Göteborg, Sweden & Buenos Aires, Argentina : NORDICOM, 2005. pp. 159-176

Cinema, fumetto e videogioco. Per un'estetica del divertimento

by Elisabetta Di Stefano

published in "The Rope" ("Ritorni al neofigurativo", numero doppio monografico) n. 4/5, 2010, pp. 76-89 (ISBN 9-788889-782194)

Il saggio mette in evidenza i rapporti tra cinema, fumetto e videogioco, generi che hanno spesso tratto ispirazione... more Il saggio mette in evidenza i rapporti tra cinema, fumetto e videogioco, generi che hanno spesso tratto ispirazione l'uno dall'altro, e che presentano un comune stile grafico, in cui la forma prevale sui contenuti, a conferma dell’affermarsi di una nuova estetica figurativa. Tuttavia la relazione tra cinema, fumetto e videogioco, seppur fondata sulla fascinazione visiva della nuova grafica digitale, investe problematiche estetiche più profonde, relative ai rapporti tra cultura alta e cultura popolare. Sulla scia del pragmatismo di John Dewey e di Richard Shusterman, si tenta di dimostrare la dignità della cultura popolare e il valore estetico delle nozioni di “gioco” e di “entertainment”, nozioni che, come dimostrano le recenti tendenze dell’arte interattiva, tendono sempre più a sconfinare dall’ambito del mero divertissement verso la sfera dell’esperienza estetica.

Hollywood Stars’ Involvement in Aquatics and Water Safety

by Stathis Avramidis

4.3. Avramidis, S. (2010) Hollywood Stars’ Involvement in Aquatics and Water Safety. International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education¸ 4(2), pp. 208-222.

The aim of this educational review article was to identify cases of Hollywood stars who have been involved in... more The aim of this educational review article was to identify cases of Hollywood stars who have been involved in aquatics. A literature search was conducted using the terms ‘drowning’, ‘Hollywood’, ‘actor’, rescue’, ‘aquatics’, ‘swimming’ and ‘lifeguard’. It was found that several Hollywood film stars (n=33; males=20, females=13) have worked as lifeguards (n=12), performed lifeguard rescues (n=2), or lifesaving rescues (n=4), were aquatics athletes (n=6), or suffered drowning-related incidents (n=9). A brief overview of those actors and their involvement in aquatics is presented.

An Evaluation of the First Southern California ShakeOut

by johanna blakley

Co-authored with Nancy Chen. For more information about this project, please visit http://www.learcenter.org/html/about/?cm=getready

The Great Southern California ShakeOut was the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history. In November 2008, almost 5.5... more The Great Southern California ShakeOut was the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history. In November 2008, almost 5.5 million Southern Californians simultaneously responded to the imagined impact of a 7.8 earthquake. Schools, businesses and government agencies staged evacuations, search and rescue simulations, and medical triage – complete with stage make-up, fake injuries and fast-changing disaster scenarios.

This report, authored by Johanna Blakley and Nancy Chen, found that the ShakeOut was very successful at creating an abiding interest in earthquake preparedness. The dramatic and social aspects of the event contributed to its visibility and viability as a method to mobilize personal and public action. One month after the ShakeOut, an astonishing 97% of survey respondents said they would participate in an annual drill.