heres the link https://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets
Here is a screenshot of what I made:
Friday, March 9, 2012
Twitter Feed
I created a Twitter Feed for our Missing Children Link in the story. I wanted to see how it would be done and if it would work. I created it using Twitter's search widget, that you can customize with your own search query's. It can be incorporated into any website we create, our blog and social media accounts.
Small Soldiers link to Home
The link
How to incorporate the link into our story
- Fictitional story based on what would normally happen if a child went missing in Ireland
- Twitter feed on the topic of #missing, #child etc.
- Fictitional social media account with the story of the missing person being covered by it
"Kony 2012" gone viral
Since march the 5th a film made by the organization Invisible Children has gotton nearly 50 million views on You Tube. This film "Kony 2012" aims at raising awareness worldwide and stopping Joseph Kony the leader of the LRA, a rebel group in Africa by the end of this year. The film want's to do this by making Kony famous, giving him celebrity status and making him a household name which in turn will force governments, mainly America to capture him. The film certainly has achieved it's virality but also has put the organization under scrutiny. People argue that what they state in the film is untrue and that stopping Kony will not stop the LRA.
Although it is bringing the situation to light and using social media's power to do so, The video has been viewed nearly 50 million times on youtube in 4 days, #Kony2012, #Kony, #Uganda, #LRA have become worldwide trends on Twitter, the campaign has been the talk of newstations/papers/articles since.
Here is the film..
What Kony 2012 does right:
- Uses social media to gain a worldwide audience fast
- Created an immersive film
- Involves people in the campaign, by allowing them to sign up for the pledge, get an action kit and so on.
- Using and making Kony a celebrity to make him known and aid in his capture.
- Used huge worldwide celebrities and politicians to back the campaign, spread the word and get their fans involved for example Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Bono, George Clooney.
- Using creative, artistic methods and peoples talents throughout the campaign
- Being Inspired and doing what they believe is right, the founders went to Uganda found a story and were shocked and promised friends they made their that they would help. They also were inspired by the arab spring and how Facebook fueled it.
- Hard work, The organization have been preparing for this campaign for years.
What Kony 2012 does wrong:
- Not intirely true statements. The LRA are not in Uganda anymore, they are in CAR, DR of Congo and South Sudan.
- Catching Kony does not mean an end to the LRA, poverty and inequality are major problems at the root of the conflict.
- Aimed mainly at an American audience
- Putting American 'advisors' on the ground in Uganda. The LRA are not in Uganda, the people may not want them there and they may have alternate motives such as oil and being near somalia.
- An aim of the film overlooked was getting america to join the International Criminal Court
- Local people are just as scared of their army as they are of the LRA.
How this effects our project and what we could take from it:
- Have correct and accurate information
- The power of social media and it's advantages and disadvantages
- Catching Kony may not be the solution
- Kony 2012 is mainly targeted at an american audience and getting the american government or army to stop Kony, we can raise awareness in Ireland and Europe and maybe see what European governments can do.
- America should join the International Criminal Court
- Kony 2012's creative methods and using peoples talents was sucessful
- Getting existing celebrities and politicians to back the campaign
- immersive and engaging content
- user/audience involvement
Links, references and more information:
Twitter: #Kony2012, #Uganda , #LRA, #Kony, #stopKony, #invisiblechildren
Friday, March 2, 2012
Possible ways of telling the story using the web(part two)
Html5 scrolling page
example one:
The story appears as you scroll down the page, media such as video is also included.
example two:
This page scrolls across to tell the story when arrows within the image are clicked.
Html5 comic style
This is a website that displays a comic book like a comic book. With next and previous buttons, with attractive style and visuals made with HTML5.
Html5 interactive website
ROME "3 dreams of black"
Like with the wilderness downtown this is an interactive music video that was directed by chris milk.
Explanation below.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Possible ways of telling the story using the web(part one)
Mapping Technology
Telling a story through maps, location of characters, images and text. For example We tell stories, "The 21 steps". Umapper is one example of how this can be created.
Membership Website
A website that allows the user to join, the story is told through many mediums such as video, images, text, social media etc. Example "Conspiracy for good" website.
Social Media
Use of social media to tell a story. "the Hyp replacement" is an example. It is about four characters who live in the same area in Brooklyn, New York. The main story is told on the website through a series of short chapters in a 3rd person narrative. The characters each have different social media accounts one is on twitter, another on tumblr, another on blogspot, and another on YouTube. These accounts are incorporated and embedded into the main story. Prose + social media = The Hyp Replacement
Storytelling URL's
Using the url of a webpage to tell a story, and lead you to an answer.
HTML5 interactive websites
Personalizes the experience by incorporating google maps images of where you are from into the video. You can also write and draw a postcard to yourself. It also uses pop up windows very cleverly.
to be continued..
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