Thursday 26 April 2007

Due to modern technology advances, it is possible for any public citizen to produce their own films. It is unlikely to find a household that doesn't have at least one person owning a digital camera, recorder, or a mobile phone which enables them to shoot a video.Journalism has changed a great deal in the recent decades, due to the introduction of blogging, where citizens are able to post comments or reports on events that have happened and are deemed as newsworthy. Journalism has also been changed by the advances in digital filming that have taken place. When 9/11 occurred, no professional footage was available of the event taking place because it was unexpected. However, there were many sources of video footage of the event and aftermath due to citizens using their digital camcorders or video mobile phones.After 9/11, there were many speculations that the event was not actually a terrorist attack. There were alternative explanations for what the "real" cause of 9/11 was, and who did it. The cospiracies pointed towards President Bush being behind the attacks. Many people did research and created their own documentaries using digital camera recording explaining these conspiracies, but it was not possible for them to be aired on television because it was against President Bush. However, due to internet companies such as "Google Video", documentaries were able to be uploaded and broadcasted to the general public and it wasn't long before thousands had seen the documentaries.The main conspiracy sourced from "kid and his laptop", beginning to make the documentaries. However, when the popularity of the documentaries began to grow, "Loose Change" was formed, including four members and they now have their own official website with their slogan being "Ask questions. Demand asnwers". The main priority associated with the publication of their documentary on the internet was to inform people of what they believed to be the truth about 9/11, and it is just as easy for anyone else to do so. To watch the "Loose Change" 9/11 documentary click here. It gives a good idea of how easily home video footage can be broadcast to almost anyone, the democratisation of filmmaking. No longer does it have to be film directors that can broascast their filming to the public, but any citizen who would like to.

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