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Iranian Elections of 2009

Iranian Elections of 2009. New media breaks through government control. Iranian Elections of 2009. New media breaks through government control. Iran’s tenth presidential election. Image Source. Supporters gathered in massive public demonstrations. Image Source.

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Iranian Elections of 2009

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  1. Iranian Elections of 2009 New media breaks through government control

  2. Iranian Elections of 2009 New media breaks through government control

  3. Iran’s tenth presidential election Image Source

  4. Supporters gathered in massive public demonstrations Image Source

  5. Crowds and Protest Gatherings Ensued Image Source

  6. NEDA (Latimes.com, 11) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ycr2dtaIU&feature=player_embedded ندا آقا سلطان She is remembered as the “voice of Iran”

  7. Image Source Protests continued for three months

  8. Question

  9. Disciplines • How have people reacted to their government in Iran? • How has the government implemented rules to control public opinion and technology use?

  10. 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?

  11. Research Plan Qualitative: • 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.

  12. Research Plan Quantitative: • Compiling data such as the number of tweets, video viewsand blog posts. • Obtaining statistics on the political positions, ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status of participants.

  13. Preliminary Findings Findings in Political Sociology

  14. The Basij Government control of crowds and demonstrations. Image source

  15. Image Source Eyewitness accounts of beatings and harassment.

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  17. Findings within Communication

  18. Communication Flow

  19. The Iranian Election on Twitter http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-stats/

  20. From June 7th till June 26th 2,024,166 tweets were about Iran http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-stats/

  21. Preliminary Findings Theoretical Perspectives: • Structuration • Resistance

  22. Future Research • Amateur versus Professional news sources • Effectiveness of social media • Reliability of social media • The interchange of information from eyewitnesses to professional journalists

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