I saw many news video clips about candle demonstration on internet. These kind of video clips are usually recorded and uploaded by netizens who have participated in the demonstration. Of course mess-media also make video clips about the demonstration, but they can’t follow netizens’ vividness and frankness.

It’s quite impressive in a view of that people don’t have to depend on mess-media any more. Considering powerful mess-media in Korea are involving government so that they are protecting government’s benefit, it’s very meaningful that we can see what’s happening at the demonstration without any filters.

However, I noticed that many video clips are focused on many violent scenes of the candle demonstration. Video clips that shows one solder is stepping one woman’s head, solders are hitting people with their shields and a watering cart is striking people directly are examples of that.

In terms of showing truth of what is really happening in this democracy country, it’s very right and meaningful. However, in terms of that it emphasizes only one part of candle demonstration, it’s not wholly true. I went to candle demonstration three or four times, so I know that what people are showing is very part of the demonstration. Most people are just sitting and shouting slogans and it’s even hard to know what’s happening in front.

 It’s true that hard to show all parts of the demonstration equally and even though we did, we don’t see them equally. Violent scenes catch our attention easily so that it’s easy to focus on those scenes even though there are many other things. So, what’s important is trying to valence to show various parts of the demonstration and also to see various parts of that.