China’s state media turns to social media and AI to tell its story — and often mock the US

The messaging from China’s Communist government may once have been dogmatic and rigid — not anymore. Having largely tamed the internet at home with tight censorship, Beijing is now tapping the power ...
Daily Herald

Fabulous films: BYU takes home the hardware at Student Emmys

Brigham Young University students came home with the hardware last month at the Television Academy Foundation’s 45th College ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

How PennWest Edinboro built a Hollywood-worthy animation program

PennWest Edinboro's animation program has produced successful alumni, including Lucasfilm President Dave Filoni and Becky van Cleve of Netflix Animation Studios. The program emphasizes a foundation in ...
Gizmodo

‘Invincible’ Is Back in Fighting Form—Its Animation, Not So Much

Prime Video’s gnarly superhero series continues to adapt Robert Kirkman’s comic with a deft hand, but the push for a near‑annual release is leaving unmistakable marks on its animation quality. Reading ...
WAFB

EBR schools investigating video showing student punched, kicked on campus

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System are investigating a widely circulated video showing students at one of the system’s schools involved in a fight. A ...
WRAL

Study: Students spend a third of their school day on their phones, without strong cellphone policy

A new study shows students in schools in states without firm cellphone policies spend a third of their school day on their phones. The results detail the magnitude of a problem education leaders, ...
Phys.org

Students with lower self-control tend to procrastinate with short-form video, study finds

Who among us hasn't put off doing something we know we need to do while scrolling through just a few more TikToks, Instagram reels or YouTube shorts? New research from the William Allen White School ...
KVOA 4

Sunnyside School District investigating video of students attacking another student

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Officials from the Sunnyside Unified School District have announced that they are investigating a video circulating on social media showing students attacking and robbing ...
Cartoon Brew

Fake Xerox And Real Piano Wire: How Gorillaz Went Old School For ‘The Mountain’

Perhaps more than ever, audiences now crave real texture in their imagery, and the artists behind some animated music videos are catching on. With the general sense that tangible feeling in ...
TheWrap

Prime Video Animated Series ‘Kevin’ Sets April Premiere, Debuts Title Sequence | Exclusive Video

Kevin decides to uproot his stay-at-home cat life when his human owners break up in Prime Video’s upcoming adult animated series set to premiere later this spring. Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Rec,” ...
The Macomb Daily

Michigan State Extension to teach students about stop-motion animation

Some of Kathy Jamieson’s favorite Christmas movies are “The Year Without A Santa Claus” and “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” What do these movies have in common? They all use stop-motion animation.