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TACTIC 5: VIDEO
Submitted by richard on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 22:06
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PROVOKE A SMILE
just add humour
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THIS TACTIC IS GOOD FOR REACHING OUT TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND FOR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SPREAD YOUR MESSAGES
EXAMPLES FROM THE VIDEO
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Artists and Advocates in Egypt Egyptians remixed images of President Mubarak into popular film posters. The images spread quickly on the internet. The humour in the posters took away from Mubarak’s mystique, and allowed people who did not think of themselves as activists to stand up to their President, even in a joking way.
TOOLS USED: Digital photo editing software, Facebook, blogs, email, YouTube.
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Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers Responding to laws that discriminate against them, sex workers produced satirical karaoke videos using prominent political figures as characters. By screening these videos at bars, clubs, and parties, sex workers educated each other in their own workplaces. The videos were also shown at advocacy meetings and conferences to expose policy-makers to sex worker communities and issues. One video received nearly 10,000 views online.
TOOLS USED: Digital video cameras, video editing software, blip.tv, YouTube, blogs.
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- "Give Lukashenko his own Lu-net!"
Advocates in Belarus
Belarusians created a group of websites they called LuNet, in mock honour of President Alexander Lukashenko’s birthday, after he promised to increase internet censorship. Two of the LuNet sites were called LuJournal and LuTube, instead of LiveJournal and YouTube, and they were packed with government propaganda amid ironic posts. This drew attention to internet censorship and the detention of bloggers for political purposes.
TOOLS USED: Blogs, LiveJournal, YouTube.
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