JUL 3, 2009
Taking Part in the Iranian Protests From Afar
GlobalPost
Kowsar estimates 20,000 visitors daily read his Persian language blog, called “Notes from an angry exile.” Some 6,000 friends in Iran exchange messages on his Facebook pages and an estimated 100,000 Iranians listen to Amsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh — broadcast via the internet and satellite TV — on which Kowsar does a 10-minute daily analysis of the protests and Western media coverage.
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JUL 3, 2009
The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted
Counterpunch
The recent street rebellions against the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran were touted by many as the first baptism-by-fire of Twitter as a political tool. Celebratory articles abounded for a brief time, before such foolish dreams came crashing back to earth under the weight of a metric ton of misinformation, unsubstantiated rumor, and idle gossip. …And the Tweeters Fell Silent
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JUL 1, 2009
The Real Asset
PK columnist.com
Two things made America more influential and awe inspiring than any other nation on the face of the earth: cowboy movies and Michael Jackson. Long before the American Tomahawks, B-52s and the rest of the American weapons used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, Michael Jackson entered the houses of the nations across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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JUL 1, 2009
Announcing the Summer 2009 Issue of PD Magazine
CPD
On July 1, the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at the University of Southern California released its Summer 2009 issue of PD magazine, Middle Powers. Who they are. What they want. PD is published biannually, in print and on the web at www.publicdiplomacymagazine.org.
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JUN 28, 2009
When the Revolution Isn’t Broadcast
The Boston Globe
In Iran, the Persian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty uses several different radio frequencies and the Internet, while Voice of America’s Persian television service claims to reach more than 15 million viewers. Accurate audience measures are hard to come by in places like Iran. But the fact that Tehran spends a huge amount of money jamming these channels and blocking their websites tells us something.
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