Iran's 'Twitter Revolution'
June 18, 2009 by Derek Blackadder
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Hardly. But you wouldn't know it to read the nerd, and much mainstream, press.
First, it all gets translated into meatspace, real action by real people, and that is, or should be the story.
Second, if there's a tech story in there somewhere it's in the use of much more mundane stuff like SMS.
Here's a first: I'm pointing you (all three of you, Hi Sis!) to a Business Week article HERE.
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Maybe the majority of the organising is done the old fashioned way but Twitter kept me up to date about the situation in Iran in a way that I've never known before.
Also, over the last few months Twitter and Facebook have put me on to campaigns, causes and, most importantly, activity that I would never have otherwise come across. Anti-BNP demos and rallies were organised and publicised within hours. Even those of us that couldn't attend could spread the word to those that could.
I'm going to a march/rally tomorrow that I found out about today through Facebook: http:/
The SOAS occupation (against the arrest and deportation of migrant workers) had much help and publicity from internet activism, helped by its immediacy.
Twiiter et al aren't replacing traditional sorganising but they ain't half helping to get up to the minute information out there.
Dave Plummer 235 days ago