Typically political, video activism is when a group of people get together with the same views on a subject and use video to expose the bad points about these issues. Famous examples are animal testing and war. Since a boom in technology happened, video activism has become much more popular. With the cheap price tags on tiny cameras people can film things they shouldn't with relative ease and can expose this footage on sites like YouTube and Metacafe. Video activism is an extreme way to expose the truth about hidden or little known topics and shed the truth on many governmental failures and operations.
From the Video Activist Network
"The VAN is an informal association of activists and politically conscious artists using video to support social, economic and environmental justice campaigns."
The VAN website features many manuals and data that can be obtained to help with the production of activist videos and how to go about making them.
http://www.videoactivism.org/resource.html
Video Activism came about in the 60's with the introduction of the portapak (the first small video recorder), finally people had a way to sneak video cameras into places that they shouldn't be in and expose the facts about certain things.
With the online video community ever growing, video activist films have become ever more popular, it is so easy to find videos that shock and appall yet also change someone's view. Many people are against the idea of video activism and call on rights for privacy, but the activists will do whatever they can to prove to the world that they are right and if a shocking video is what it takes, then so be it.
Bibliography:
1. Video Activist Network. (2010). Resources. Available: http://www.videoactivism.org/resource.html. Last accessed 5th February 2010.
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