Key Players: Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Reformist candidate Mir-Hossein MousaviSituation: Ahmadinejad claimed victory in presidential elections with more than two-thirds of the votes. However, Mousavi and other reformists claimed major voting irregularities occurred. Peaceful, then eventually violent protests occurred when hundreds of thousands Iranians took to the streets of Tehran.
Media: Due to the heavy censorship of mainstream media, citizen journalists relied on social media, such as Twitter and YouTube, to communicate the situation to both Iranians and the outside world in real time.
Time: June 13-June 29, 2009
Twitter: Millions of instant messages has triggered on twitter like ball to ball commentary updates on Iran Election.
Blogger: Thousands of posts has been published and shared supplied up to the minute information educating the world about the result of the Iranian elections
YouTube: Youtube has been utilized for uploading and broadcasting videos of major events unfolding in Iran in the days after the elections.
Flickr: Thousands of images has been uploaded, shared, tagged, rated, added to favorites, on Flicker by Iranians, capturing the riots, protests, and violence for worldwide viewers.
Summery:
“That a new information technology could be improvised for this purpose so swiftly is a sign of the times. It reveals in Iran what the Obama campaign revealed in the United States. You cannot stop people any longer. You cannot control them any longer. They
can bypass your established media; they can broadcast to one another; they can organize as never before.”
"Andrew Sullivan"
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