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Wednesday
Dec032008

Iran: A Nation Of Bloggers

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]

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/

December 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAli

Thanks Ali, I never say no to geeky... I've bookmarked the link, will have a read when I'm slightly more awake.

December 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMike Dunn

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