The Southern Africa Media and Diversity Journal, Issue 10

The Southern Africa Media and Diversity Journal, Issue 10


Date: May 15, 2012
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Gender, Popular Culture and Media Freedom

“Right now there are more people on face book than there were on the planet 200 years ago. Humanity’s greatest desire is to belong and connect, and now we see each other. We hear each other. We share what we love and it reminds us of what we have in common. And this connection is changing the way the world works. Governments are trying to keep up, and older generations are concerned.The game has new rules.”

This is the introduction by the narrator of the viral video released by the Invisible Children on 5 March 2012 called Stop Kony. By the time of writing this editorial, the video had been viewed 89, 819, 046 times with 1,385,702 likes and 146,668 dislikes. Invisible Children uses film, creativity and social action to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony’s rebel way and restore Lord Resistance Army (LRA) affected communities in East and Central Africa to peace and prosperity.

Download the editorial below.


ISBN: ISBN:978-1-920550-56-1
Publisher: Gender Links
Edition: Issue 10
Year of Publication: 2012

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