Wednesday
Dec032008
Iran: A Nation Of Bloggers
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 9:30
Posts may be thin on the ground this week so I thought I'd share this video, which is particularly pertinent in the context of a previous post on Enduring America that's still getting a lot of readers. This short video takes as its jumping off point the claim that Iran is the "third largest country of bloggers." Blogging, it argues, is a means for Iran's young people to evade state control- "a revolution within the Revolution":
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/2232226[/vimeo]
I'd like to hear your thoughts.
More info here [via Boing Boing]
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/2232226[/vimeo]
I'd like to hear your thoughts.
More info here [via Boing Boing]
tagged Blogging, Hossein Derakhshan, Internet, Iran, video in Journalism & Media
Blogging, Hossein Derakhshan, Internet, Iran, video in Journalism & Media
Reader Comments (2)
the analysis of the iranian blogosphere conducted at Harvard provides a parallel and interesting, (if slightly geeky) view of blogging in Iran.
Links to it and similar material can be found: http://wandrenpd.com/2008/06/09/28-looking-at-the-iranian-blogosphere/
Thanks Ali, I never say no to geeky... I've bookmarked the link, will have a read when I'm slightly more awake.