CLIP 5824
Get your message out
Key Info
- Title: Get your message out
- Duration: 05:29
- Description: Kierra Box was still at school when she became one of the first campaigners to harness the potential of the internet in order to get her message out about stopping the war in Iraq. With a basic website she and her fellow campaigners were able to sign up young people from around the world to their cause. Advances in digital technology and the advent of blogs, texts, YouTube videos, online petitions and social networking sites mean that there are now even more ways to publicise and gain support for campaigns. The Flash version of this clip has subtitles available.
- Subject: PSHE Topic: The Role of the Media in Society
- Keywords: internet, communication, website, networks, forums, virtual campaigning, social networking sites, e-mail, digital world, subtitled
Ideas for use in class
- Raises awareness of how digital technology has transformed campaigning in a democratic society (from soap box to laptop) and prompts questions about how to use the technology most effectively for different types of campaign.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 16x9
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