http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:28:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1573924 Annotated Bibliography: Twitter and the Iranian Election Protests « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:27:00 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=80765#comment-1573924 [...] The Irony of Iran’s ‘Twitter Revolution’ Global Voices, Gaurav Mishra, 19 June 2009 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/ Critical of the Twitter Revolution thesis – Extract: “When the dust settles down on the Iran election crisis, we will see that Twitter was more useful as a media tool and not as an organizing tool. We will see that Twitter didn’t really change much in Iran in terms of organizing the protests, but it did play an important role in engaging the international community in the protests and focusing media attention on the protests….the on-ground organizing in Iran is probably happening via mobile phones and offline networks, the same networks that were previously used to mobilize Mousavi’s supporters to go out and vote for him. Calling the Iran protests a ‘Twitter Revolution’ is not only distracting but also dangerous because it reduces a legitimate broad-based grassroots movement to what’s quickly becoming a cliche, after Moldova.” [...] [...] The Irony of Iran’s ‘Twitter Revolution’ Global Voices, Gaurav Mishra, 19 June 2009 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/ Critical of the Twitter Revolution thesis – Extract: “When the dust settles down on the Iran election crisis, we will see that Twitter was more useful as a media tool and not as an organizing tool. We will see that Twitter didn’t really change much in Iran in terms of organizing the protests, but it did play an important role in engaging the international community in the protests and focusing media attention on the protests….the on-ground organizing in Iran is probably happening via mobile phones and offline networks, the same networks that were previously used to mobilize Mousavi’s supporters to go out and vote for him. Calling the Iran protests a ‘Twitter Revolution’ is not only distracting but also dangerous because it reduces a legitimate broad-based grassroots movement to what’s quickly becoming a cliche, after Moldova.” [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1571344 Living the Liminal » Blog Archive » Wither Twitter: An Essay on the Crude Beginnings of a Post-Money Economy Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:05:25 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=80765#comment-1571344 [...] …Twitter was more useful as a media tool and not as an organizing tool. We will see that Twitter didn’t really change much in Iran in terms of organizing the protests, but it did play an important role in engaging the international community in the protests and focusing media attention on the protests… Link [...] [...] …Twitter was more useful as a media tool and not as an organizing tool. We will see that Twitter didn’t really change much in Iran in terms of organizing the protests, but it did play an important role in engaging the international community in the protests and focusing media attention on the protests… Link [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/the-irony-of-irans-twitter-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1570746 Tweet for democracy « shh Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:48:23 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=80765#comment-1570746 [...] the media attention on Twitter’s role in organizing demonstrations in Moldova and Tehran, this article from Global Voices Online correctly points out that Twitter’s primary role has always been to [...] [...] the media attention on Twitter’s role in organizing demonstrations in Moldova and Tehran, this article from Global Voices Online correctly points out that Twitter’s primary role has always been to [...]

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