Posts Tagged ‘iran’

Some more perspective on the Iran protests

Posted on June 19, 2009, 3:21 pm, by Adam.

Great article brought to my attention by @zephoria.  Ethan Zuckerman over at the Berkman Center talks about the over emphasis of the impact of social media on the protests in Iran.  Much of the recent hype has suggested social tools like Twitter and Facebook have more or less caused the protests rather than merely serving [...]

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Iran: a nation of bloggers

Posted on June 18, 2009, 8:13 am, by Adam.

Excellent video providing a brief history of Iran and showing how young Iranians are using blogging to bypass social and cultural barriers. It reminds me of a question I grappled with not too long ago after reading Yochai Benkler’s Wealth of Networks: what happens when you put the means of production in the hands of [...]

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