Maidenvana
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Join the effort to make Kony famous!
KONY 2012 !
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Onhell
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LOL, Another interesting article about Kony, who apparently hasn't been in Uganda for a while:
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts...is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things
This one talks about their "shady" practices, low accountibility rating by non-profit watch dog organizations and other reasons why they are "manipulative" and "misleading."
http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/
I'll still save my comments for when there is SERIOUS discussion
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts...is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things
This one talks about their "shady" practices, low accountibility rating by non-profit watch dog organizations and other reasons why they are "manipulative" and "misleading."
http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/
I'll still save my comments for when there is SERIOUS discussion
Maidenvana
Invader
LOL, Another interesting article about Kony, who apparently hasn't been in Uganda for a while:
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts...is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things
This one talks about their "shady" practices, low accountibility rating by non-profit watch dog organizations and other reasons why they are "manipulative" and "misleading."
http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/
I'll still save my comments for when there is SERIOUS discussion
Is this whole Kony thing bogus?
Thanks Onhell for the video and the articles. I watched the original video and yours and read the articles and what I have to say is this:
Who knows what the real motivations of the IC are. It seems suspicious that only 31% of actual donations go to charity and that they are advocating the use of violence in order to stop violence (this has never been a good solution). What I like about the whole thing is that is has created awareness on several levels. First, the original video created awareness about an important issue (Kony) and about Uganda. Regardless of the details about whether or not he is still in Uganda or whatever, it is an important issue and yes he should be brought to justice. The response video and articles created awareness about the IC and the underlying problems with a charity like this and with social media frenzies. The responses emphasized one thing especially which is what I take home from the entire experience: being charitable is all well and good, but you need to educate yourself first. Basically, there is no black and white. We live in an age where techniques of manipulation are highly sophisticated, as witnessed by that highly emotive original video, and we need to be careful not to let ourselves get carried away by the emotions of the moment. Before parting with money and sharing video's, its important to do some fact-checking and, as the girl suggested, WATCH THE NEWS.
We live in a time where our actions really do have far-reaching consequences. Watching and reading these videos and articles only made it painfully clear that we need to be extremely aware of this. Gone are the days when you can simply assuage some of your guilt by sending money to some charity. You need to check up on the charity, their cause, etc. Even better, donate time and effort to a cause you really do believe in and that you think you can make a difference towards, as opposed to money. Money, in my opinion, only creates more problems. Life would be so much easier if everything would be black and white. But the fact is, it isn't. Well-meaning but misinformed people do nothing towards helping anything. In fact, most of the time they make things worse. There are important lessons to be learned here.
Who knows what the real motivations of the IC are. It seems suspicious that only 31% of actual donations go to charity and that they are advocating the use of violence in order to stop violence (this has never been a good solution). What I like about the whole thing is that is has created awareness on several levels. First, the original video created awareness about an important issue (Kony) and about Uganda. Regardless of the details about whether or not he is still in Uganda or whatever, it is an important issue and yes he should be brought to justice. The response video and articles created awareness about the IC and the underlying problems with a charity like this and with social media frenzies. The responses emphasized one thing especially which is what I take home from the entire experience: being charitable is all well and good, but you need to educate yourself first. Basically, there is no black and white. We live in an age where techniques of manipulation are highly sophisticated, as witnessed by that highly emotive original video, and we need to be careful not to let ourselves get carried away by the emotions of the moment. Before parting with money and sharing video's, its important to do some fact-checking and, as the girl suggested, WATCH THE NEWS.
We live in a time where our actions really do have far-reaching consequences. Watching and reading these videos and articles only made it painfully clear that we need to be extremely aware of this. Gone are the days when you can simply assuage some of your guilt by sending money to some charity. You need to check up on the charity, their cause, etc. Even better, donate time and effort to a cause you really do believe in and that you think you can make a difference towards, as opposed to money. Money, in my opinion, only creates more problems. Life would be so much easier if everything would be black and white. But the fact is, it isn't. Well-meaning but misinformed people do nothing towards helping anything. In fact, most of the time they make things worse. There are important lessons to be learned here.
Wow, what an incredible case to chew on for anyone interested in media studies.
It's extremely interesting to me that the wider the information lens gets from established media sources the more empowered the regular citizen gets and the more wary he or she has to be.
I have no idea about the legitimacy of the IC or it's cause, but careful scrutiny of the video raises all kinds of questions.
For me, given the media (Youtube) used, and the skill of the filmmaker it makes me wonder if the target audience is savvy enough to ask those questions. I am going to show it to my teenagers and see how they process it.
Assuming for sake of argument the reality of Kony is the one in the FP article, is the first piece an example of what Joseph Goebbels would have been doing had he been an Internet-age African activist? And is the webcam response Onhell posted the future of investigative journalism?
It's extremely interesting to me that the wider the information lens gets from established media sources the more empowered the regular citizen gets and the more wary he or she has to be.
I have no idea about the legitimacy of the IC or it's cause, but careful scrutiny of the video raises all kinds of questions.
For me, given the media (Youtube) used, and the skill of the filmmaker it makes me wonder if the target audience is savvy enough to ask those questions. I am going to show it to my teenagers and see how they process it.
Assuming for sake of argument the reality of Kony is the one in the FP article, is the first piece an example of what Joseph Goebbels would have been doing had he been an Internet-age African activist? And is the webcam response Onhell posted the future of investigative journalism?
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
I HATED the girls video. She admits she is the priviledged, disconnected daughter of Ugandan parents that no longer live in Uganda and that her family hasn't been touched by Kony so obviously the IC is full of shit. Honestly that is like me saying Mexico doesn't have a drug cartel problem, because my family hasn't been shot up by them.
She did, however, like Natalie said, bring awareness to the other articles I found and I came to the same conclusion. Regardless of the IC Kony is still the #1 wanted person for his crimes and should be caught and dealt with.
She did, however, like Natalie said, bring awareness to the other articles I found and I came to the same conclusion. Regardless of the IC Kony is still the #1 wanted person for his crimes and should be caught and dealt with.