You say you want a Revolution-how video changed our view of the world

Vivien Morgan


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Paid: £100 plus travelling and overnight expenses where relevant
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Media
Updated:
15th August 2023

The talk looks at the historic and social change in the visual arts and ways of representing stories. It shows the links between art and culture- affecting social and behavioural change-worldwide. Starting at the year 1989 when the shape of Europe was to experience massive social and political change. As the Berlin Wall fell, heralding the beginning of the end for Communist countries first in East Germany and then like dominoes through the Eastern Bloc and the USSR. Reporting of those momentous events changed too. How did we see and hear the stories of the people from formerly closed Communist countries? The technological revolution came in the shape of the domestic video camera- easy to hide and easy for journalists to bring live pictures to accompany their words. Videojournalism was born and since that day how we learn about world events is now image-led .The democratisation of news, citizen journalism and political action, plus influencing, commenting and contributing to social debate is a result of mobiles with cameras. Allowing for peoples’ testimonies, their stories to reach global audiences. For us as audiences to understand this new video revolution- as important as the advent of the internet.

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About Vivien Morgan

Vivien Morgan is a former BBC and Channel 4News TV News Journalist and Documentary Producer/Director, who picked up a camera to become a TV Videojournalist pioneer in 1989 as the Berlin Wall fell. Travelling undercover she reported from the closed Communist countries and other countries like Tibet and Myanmar. As a Senior University Lecturer, she wrote 2 academic books on videojournalism and mobile journalism. Her media career led to a range of roles globally working for the UN, African Union, Thomson Foundation and the EU. UK government roles as Director of Communications followed and 2 years for the Arab Reform Initiative (in Paris) as Head of Media. At present she is giving talks UK-wide and also in the US via Zoom on her latest book about historic cross-dressing women soldiers. She combines this with acting as a PR Consultant for small charities; a strategic media role for a medicinal CBD company and raising profile for a West Sussex community art gallery. She lives between London and West Sussex


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