Social media and the Iran election

   

By Bryan Person

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On blogs, mainstream media sites, and Twitter, the fallout from last week’s presidential election in Iran has been stunning.

Related links and articles:
* TIME: Iran protests: Twitter, the medium of the movement
* New York Times: Social networks spread defiance online
* Mashable.com: Mind-blowing #IranElection stats: 221,744 tweets per hour at peek
* New York Observer: Ann Curry defends foreign correspondents, Twitter; Rick Sanchez defends CNN
* Mashable.com: How to track Iran election with Twitter and social media
* Twitter: #IranElection tweets
* Neville Hobson: Keeping Twitter up for Iran
* Boing Boing: Cyberwar guide for Iran elections

Flickr photo by .faramaz

Permalink | Posted on June 18, 2009 at 5:40am.

Tag(s): IranElections