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On the Internet, various new documentary forms emerge, and even traditional forms function differently. Particularly interesting is the case of political web videos and the diverging emotions they elicit. Many online videos address the concerns of conflicting social groups and trigger clashes between their collective emotions. On platforms like Facebook or YouTube, such responses become highly visible and politically influential. Turning to the example of WikiLeaks' video Collateral Murder, this chapter explores the question of how divergent affective responses to documentary web videos can be explained. By considering the characteristics of the web video as a medium and documentary as a genre, and the interplay between film's affective structures and viewers' social dispositions, it suggests a new explanation of divergent affects and emotions in today's media environments.

Some images intervene directly in the world and change it in far-reaching ways. As components of media practices, they generate events, impacting immediately and concretely on people and bodies. Image operations such as these are particularly striking in the case of war, terrorist attacks, and the political campaigns of NGOs – but also in medicine. The international conference Image Operations brought together leading scholars to discuss the constitutive role of images and their ethical implications. ; Image Operations , conference, ICI Berlin, 10–12 April 2014

Web videos play a crucial role in the political protests that mobilize today's civil society. Spread and shared across social media, they draw attention to a variety of issues, serve as evidence and, ultimately, as a call to action. In the attempt to win viewers' hearts and minds, various new film forms and practices are emerging in the networked spaces of the Web 2.0. These new types of videos actively engage their audience by inviting participation, and thus contribute to the formation of counterpublics and social movements. However, the power of web videos remains a contentious issue, as it is often associated with problems such as misuse, deception, 'clicktivism' or surveillance. The conference will bring together international researchers and activists to discuss the political aesthetics, strategies, and impact of these new lm forms – in short, the power of contemporary activist videos.For longer version please see www.videoactivism.net ; The Power of Activist Videos , conference, ICI Berlin, 12–13 May 2017