(para. 8) This was the ‘meta’ story. She pointed out that the reality was that only a small representation of the Egyptian people that actually showed up in Tahrir Square. (para. 8) This error was being shared globally as fact. Her edited film would show a different part of the story. Moll made a decision to distribute her edited film in a very non-traditional anthropological manner. She wanted the effect of what she was sharing to be current and have some sort of power that would not have been achieved if she had used more traditional avenues. (para. 3) Historically, anthropologists have done their fieldwork in isolated sites. If this event had taken place 100 years ago, it would have been weeks or even months before far off parts of the world was aware of it, if ever, they did become aware. However, in today’s world, news travels as it is happening. In “Cultural Anthropology”, Michael Ficsher is quoted as saying that:
Contemporary ethnographic research must rework traditional notions of comparative work for a world that is both increasingly aware of difference and increasingly shaped by widespread social forces. (Schultz, 2015 pg.