As Walter Lippmann once said, "social
documentary encourages social improvement. Its mildest goal
is the public education". The present book investigates
possibilities and potential of documentaries, film and
television as a catalyst for social change. The book is a
chronological history of visual media, particularly films
and documentaries. It covers the global visual history of
social issues, right from the beginning to new era of new
media technology. The first chapter investigates how film
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