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"Recently, with the continuing availability of powerful technologies, the American masses have had the undeniable opportunity to become participant observers, documenters and distributors of their own human thoughts and experiences, and also 'information warriors' in global battles against vast state and corporate infrastructures. With inexpensive still and moving cameras in hand, and digital culture and technology within the intellectual grasp, these 'real-time' warriors are witness to overly prevalent forces known to 'limit the potential of the people' (Chomsky 2002). They have been given the opportunity to use the same tools (digital camera, laptop, Wi-Fi) that the mainstream media now use in 'embedded' situations as well as the power of information distribution. In the hands of global citizens, new and available technologies present the opportunity to tell personal and shared narratives to initiate the promotion of social and political justice through visual means (Stephen 2003)."