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  1. Breaking cultures of silence: Learnings from a participatory community-centred approach to leveraging and researching documentaries for social change

    Article • Journal of Alternative & Community Media, April 2022, Intellect

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  2. A funny matter: Toward a framework for understanding the function of comedy in social change

    Article • Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, August 2019, De Gruyter

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  3. From reel life to real social change: the role of contemporary social-issue documentary in U.S. public policy

    Article • Media Culture & Society, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  4. Comedy as a Route to Social Change: The Effects of Satire and News on Persuasion about Syrian Refugees

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  5. Diversity on U.S. Public and Commercial TV in Authorial and Executive-Produced Social-Issue Documentaries

    Article • Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  6. An investigative journalist and a stand-up comic walk into a bar: The role of comedy in public engagement with environmental journalism

    Article • Journalism, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Caty Borum Chattoo

  7. Storytelling for Social Change: Leveraging Documentary and Comedy for Public Engagement in Global Poverty

    Article • Journal of Communication, August 2017, Wiley

    Caty Borum Chattoo