Progressives Go Viral: Creating and Distributing Video For Internet, iPod and Mobile Audiences
Even before 1960, when Kennedy trounced Nixon in the first televised presidential debate, video has played an important role in politics and elections. With the advent of the Internet and YouTube, video escaped the confines and control of mainstream media networks and suddenly anyone with a camera and PC can produce and distribute video to a worldwide audience. Today, viral videos can be downloaded, viewed and shared via the Internet and a wide variety of mobile devices. This panel will explore how viral videos are being used to further progressive causes.
Matthew Filipowicz is a comedian, cartoonist and satirist who co-founded Headzup.tv with John Shay. His animations have been featured on CNN, NPR, PBS, HBO, BBC, Ain't It Cool News, the online versions of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Nation, the Atlantic, Salon, Wired, and the London Times. He has created cartoons for MoveOn.org, VoteVets, the ACLU-SC, Mother Jones Magazine, Netroots Nation, and the National Conference For Media Reform.
He is a regular contributor to Air America’s Ring of Fire, blogs for the Huffington Post, and is the chapter head for Chicago’s Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally.
Uygur is host of The Young Turks, the first ever live, daily web television talk show. The Young Turks is now on XM Satellite Radio 8-9PM ET (XM 167) and Sirius Satellite Radio on the weekends. The Young Turks is one of the Top 100 YouTube Partners, with over 10 million views a month on their YouTube Channel.
Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He has worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host. Cenk also blogs on Huffington Post, DailyKos, Politico and AOL’s Hot Seat.
Robert Greenwald is a producer, director and political activist. Greenwald is founder/president of Brave New Films, a new media organization that uses moving images to educate, influence, and empower viewers. Under Greenwald, BNF has produced dozens of videos on social justice and political issues which have been viewed over 40 million times and forced pressing issues into mainstream media. Greenwald is currently directing Rethink Afghanistan, a documentary about the dangers of military escalation in Afghanistan. Greenwald is also the director/producer of several documentaries including: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers and Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.
Mike Papantonio is the co-host of “Ring of Fire” on Air America Radio with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He is also the founder of GoLeft TV - an innovative Internet-based television company that specializes in producing progressive news and commentary videos. All of his Ring of Fire interviews and “Pap Attacks” can be found there, along with daily news, commentary, documentaries, and social satire videos. Mike is also a regular guest on both Fox & Friends and Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News
