Patricia Aufderheide is a professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, DC, and founder-director of its Center for Social Media. She received the career achievement award for scholarship from the International Documentary Association in 2006 and has served as a Sundance Film Festival juror and as a board member of the Independent Television Service. Her books include Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright, with Peter Jaszi; Documentary: A Very Short Introduction, The Daily Planet, and Communications Policy in the Public Interest.
