I am pleased to announce the release of my latest field report for American University’s Center for Social Media: “New Muslim Cool: Engaging Stakeholders throughout the Filmmaking Process”. Published as part of the Future of Public Media project, these field reports explore how publics form around participatory and multiplatform media projects. New Muslim Cool is the last field report in a series of six conducted between 2007 and 2009. In it, I analyze how the feature-length documentary film New Muslim Cool engaged stakeholders in the filmmaking process, resulting in a film that inspires young American Muslims, promotes an interfaith dialogue and helps users overcome prejudices about the Muslim youth community in the United States.

You can read and download a PDF copy of the field report on the CSM Website.