A new era has come in video editing. An advanced face swapping and recognition software has been developed who seamlessly swaps faces and makes it look natural. The potential could be revolutionary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmajJTcpNk
Some software engineers came up with a promising infinite graphics software, they are still not selling it or permitting interview...a large revolution is impending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4
A popular mean of humor nowdays amongst younger people are memes, pictures, fast and direct. But most of them are filled with irony. Irony leads to elitism, which leads to a fake idea of the "others" which leads to isolation, which leads to depression http://unleashedreality.com/ironic-memes-and-depression
Genuinity of amateur journalism. Lots of people have published videos claiming "racist black violence" and they tell a story they see their way, but the facts range from what they claim or think. They start a whole anti-racist movement when in fact officers where doing their job. Lots of lies/misconceptions are told by those amateurs. But like this extreme case, violence and improper training in rare situations, police acts of violence and assumption of guilt, drives things out of hand. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2014/dec/04/i-cant-breathe-eric-garner-chokehold-death-videohttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2014/dec/04/i-cant-breathe-eric-garner-chokehold-death-video
It is widely known that ISIS is using any available media to recruit people and blatantly uses advertisement techniques and the appeal of cinematography to accomplish their goal. They are copying the techniques just as they are, only that instead of using fake violence, they are using real violence...there is a surreal situation going on. http://qz.com/578052/this-is-how-isis-inspires-its-followers/
Media are used to promote the regimes and to misinform the people. The new dawn of media (which is the internet) has reached the problem of validity/authenticity that tv had faced years ago, and the newspaper even before that. How do we know what is true or false, how do we distinguish a valid source and how do we seek the truth? It is possible to create and promote a fake image, and when that image trends and gets supported or normalized, it might aswell become reality! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412001/Syrias-President-Assads-sickening-Instagram-shows-wife-tending-people-publicity-shots.html