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''Kony 2012'' is a short film produced by Invisible Children, Inc. (authors of ''Invisible Children''). It was released on March 5, 2012. The film's purpose was to promote the charity's "Stop Kony" movement to make African cult and militia leader, indicted war criminal and the International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012, when the campaign expired. The film spread virally. , the film has received over 100 million views and nearly 1.4 million "likes" on the video-sharing website YouTube,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc )〕 and over 21.9 thousand "likes" on Vimeo,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kony 2012 )〕 with other views on a central "Kony 2012" website operated by Invisible Children. The intense exposure of the video caused the "Kony 2012" website to crash shortly after it began gaining widespread popularity. A poll suggested that more than half of young adult Americans heard about ''Kony 2012'' in the days following the video's release.〔(Rainie, Lee, Paul Hitlin, Mark Jurkowitz, Michael Dimock, Shawn Neidorf. The viral Kony 2012 video. Pew Internet & American Life Report. March 15, 2012 )〕〔 It was included among the top international events of 2012 by PBS and called the most viral video ever by ''TIME''. The campaign resulted in a resolution by the United States Senate and contributed to the decision to send troops by the African Union. The film also called for an April 20 world wide canvassing campaign, called "Cover the Night". However, in the wake of controversy regarding the project's legitimacy, as well as publicized accounts of the film's director Jason Russell's psychological instability,〔 interest in the movement largely waned. On April 5, 2012, Invisible Children released a follow-up video, titled ''Kony 2012: Part II – Beyond Famous'', which failed to repeat the success of the original. ==KONY 2012== The film documents the Invisible Children's plans and efforts to capture Joseph Kony. It describes Kony's actions with his rebel militia group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), including forced recruitment of child soldiers, and the regions (northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan) in which they have been active. One of the main people featured in the film is a young Ugandan named Jacob Avaye, whose brother was killed by the LRA. In response, director and founder of Invisible Children, Jason Russell, promises Jacob that he will help "stop Kony". The film advocates the restoration of social order and curtailing compelled and coerced youth military service.〔 The video also has clips of Jason Russell's young son reacting to the information about Kony. Near the end of the film, a 2011 announcement from U.S. President Barack Obama is shown authorizing the deployment of 100 Special Forces military advisers to provide "information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces" of Central African countries to "remove Joseph Kony from the battlefield". The video concludes by urging viewers to join its publicity campaign by putting up posters and helping out in their communities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kony 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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