Iran: the Twitter revolution? - Globe and Mail discussion on June 17.
"Iran's biggest mass protest since 1979 has become a global cyber-movement, fought on and fuelled by the Web and social-media tools like Twitter. Matt Hartley, Omar El Akkad and Mathew Ingram discuss the implications of that phenomenon."
Analysis, examples, comment - rich discussion on people's use of Twitter to report on events as they unfold.
Referred to - Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran - a TED event.
"He revealed how cellphones, the web, Facebook and Twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact real-world events. As protests in Iran exploded over the weekend, we decided to rush out his talk, because it could hardly be more relevant. "
Posted by Gwen at June 18, 2009 11:37 AM