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I ra n i a n E l e c ti o n s o f 2 0 0 9
New media breaks through government control
I ra n i a n E l e c ti o n s o f 2 0 0 9
New media breaks through government control
Iran’s tenth presidential election
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Supporters gathered in massive public demonstrations
Crowds and Protest Gatherings Ensued
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آقا نداسلطان
NEDA
(Latimes.com, 11)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ycr2dtaIU&feature=player_embedded
She is remembered as the “voice of Iran”
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Protests continued for three months
How has new media affected social movements, specifically in Iran, and has it allowed people to circumvent the controls placed by their government?
Has social media managed to create any lasting change in terms of government reform in Iran?
Question
Political Sociology
Disciplines
• How have people reacted to their government in Iran?• How has the government implemented rules to control public opinion and technology use?
Communications
Disciplines
• How/why do people choose specific technologies to communicate• How has the technology been utilized?• What is the relationship between the people and the technologies they use.• How have they influenced each other?
Research PlanQualitative: • Conducting interviews with people involved
including protesters, the Iranian diaspora and government officials.
• Content analysis of tweets, of first hand video accounts.
• Comparing Government accounts with citizen reports from inside Iran.
• Content analysis of Facebook groups and photos from the events.
Quantitative: • Compiling data such as the number of tweets,
video views and blog posts.• Obtaining statistics on the political positions,
ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status of participants.
Research Plan
Preliminary Findings
Forms of Government Control
Government disinformation Basij Crowd
communicationsJailing
Witnesses
Firewalling internet sites
Findings in Political Sociology
The Basij
Image sourceGovernment control of crowds and demonstrations.
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Eyewitness accounts of beatings and harassment.
Findings within Communication
Social Movement Communication
YoutubeBlogs Crowd
communications Press
Cell Phone Video Cameras
Youtube
Blogs
Newspapers
International News
Communication Flow
The Iranian Election on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-stats/
From June 7th till June 26th 2,024,166 tweets were about Iran
http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-stats/
Theoretical Perspectives:
• Structuration
• Resistance
Preliminary Findings
• Amateur versus Professional news sources
• Effectiveness of social media• Reliability of social media• The interchange of information from
eyewitnesses to professional journalists
Future Research
