. ▁Then ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Ext ension ▁Department ▁at ▁Memorial ▁University ▁of ▁New found land , ▁Snow den ▁worked ▁with ▁film maker ▁Col in ▁Low ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Film ▁Board ▁of ▁Canada ' s ▁Challenge ▁for ▁Change ▁program ▁to ▁apply ▁his ▁ideas ▁in ▁F ogo ▁Island , ▁New found land , ▁a ▁small ▁fish ing ▁community . ▁ ▁By ▁watching ▁each ▁other ' s ▁films , ▁the ▁vill agers ▁realized ▁that ▁they ▁shared ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁concerns ▁and ▁they ▁joined ▁together ▁to ▁create ▁solutions . ▁The ▁vill ager ' s ▁films ▁were ▁shared ▁with ▁policy - m akers , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁had ▁no ▁real ▁conception ▁of ▁the ▁conditions ▁in ▁which ▁F ogo ▁Island ers ▁lived . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁dialog ue , ▁policy - m akers ▁introduced ▁reg ulation ▁changes . ▁ ▁Snow den ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁apply ▁the ▁F ogo ▁process ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁India ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁Since ▁then , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁particip atory ▁video ▁technique ▁has ▁been ▁led ▁by ▁non - ac ade mic ▁pract ition ers ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁France , ▁Australia , ▁and ▁Canada . ▁ ▁YouTube ▁ ▁Cre ated ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁YouTube ▁has ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁original ▁video ▁publishing ▁sites ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁de cade . ▁It ▁was ▁initially ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁a ▁vast ▁space ▁for ▁random ▁content . ▁A ▁year ▁after ▁its ▁creation , ▁YouTube ▁was ▁suddenly ▁being