Social Networking's Impact on the Iranian Protest

MovementMyth & Reality

Citizen Media: Dynamic Even before CNN's discovery of it

Sites & blogs have been vital tools for activists Blogs are used to:

Communicate: Women's rights activists, student groups, politicians

Organize: Bus strike, enviromentaldemonstrations

You Tube

You Tube used to: Immortalize scandals such as sexual harassment in universities, the corruption of ayatollahs

Presidential Election, FaceBook, & Twitter FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube got unblocked a few

months before June 12th presidential election.

Social Networking Power after ElectionMore journalists jailed, more journals shutdown,Citizen media ( Twitter, FaceBook, You Tube...):

Acts as main Information platform for protesters and opposition

Creates a bridge between inside Iran and outside country

Neda Phenomenon

Protest movement finds a face

Twitter Mania and Western Media

Tweeting the revolutionIranian Youth Tweet Up a RevolutionThe tweeted revolution: how social media cannot be silencedA Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?

What can go wrong with Twitter

Twitter does not organize demonstrations Tweets can misinform people Misunderstanding the sender Activism and agendas

Beyond Reformist Movement

Khayban: Underground Internet Journal