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    The 2009 Iranian presidential election saw widespread protests erupt after allegations of vote rigging. New media helped break the government's control of information by allowing protesters to share crowdsourcing images and videos of demonstrations on social media. As protests continued for three months, Neda Agha-Soltan became a symbol of the movement after footage of her death from a gunshot wound circulated online. The government tried to control public opinion and technology use, but people utilized social media like Twitter to communicate and spread information about the political situation in Iran.

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    The 2009 Iranian presidential election saw widespread protests erupt after allegations of vote rigging. New media helped break the government's control of information by allowing protesters to share crowdsourcing images and videos of demonstrations on social media. As protests continued for three months, Neda Agha-Soltan became a symbol of the movement after footage of her death from a gunshot wound circulated online. The government tried to control public opinion and technology use, but people utilized social media like Twitter to communicate and spread information about the political situation in Iran.

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    New Media Breaks Through Government Control

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    The 2009 Iranian presidential election saw widespread protests erupt after allegations of vote rigging. New media helped break the government's control of information by allowing protesters to share crowdsourcing images and videos of demonstrations on social media. As protests continued for three months, Neda Agha-Soltan became a symbol of the movement after footage of her death from a gunshot wound circulated online. The government tried to control public opinion and technology use, but people utilized social media like Twitter to communicate and spread information about the political situation in Iran.

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    Iranian Elections

    of 2009

    New media breaks through


    government control
    Iran’s tenth presidential election

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    Supporters gathered in massive public
    Crowds and Protest Gatherings
    Ensued

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    NEDA

    ‫ندا آقا سلطان‬

    S h e is re m e m b e re d a s th e “ vo ice
    o f Ira n ”
    (Latimes.com, 11)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ycr2dtaIU&feature=player_embedded

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    Protests continued for three months


    Question
    Disciplines

     H o w h a ve p e o p le re a cte d to th e ir
    g o ve rn m e n t in Ira n ?
     H o w h a s th e g o ve rn m e n t
    im p le m e n te d ru le s to co n tro lp u b lic
    o p in io n a n d te ch n o lo g y u se ?
    Disciplines

     H o w / w h y d o p e o p le ch o o se
    sp e cific te ch n o lo g ie s to co m m u n ica te
     H o w h a s th e te ch n o lo g y b e e n
    u tilize d ?
     W h a t is th e re la tio n sh ip b e tw e e n
    th e p e o p le a n d th e te ch n o lo g ie s th e y
    u se .
    Research Plan
    Qualitative:

    • Conducting interviews with people


    involved including protesters, the
    Iranian diaspora and government
    officials.
    • Content analysis of tweets, of first
    hand video accounts.
    • Comparing Government accounts
    with citizen reports from inside
    Iran.
    Research Plan
    Quantitative:

    • Compiling data such as the number


    of tweets, video views and blog
    posts.
    • Obtaining statistics on the political
    positions, ethnicity, gender and
    socio-economic status of
    participants.
    Preliminary Findings
    Findings in Political
    Sociology
    Findings within
    Communication
    Communication Flow
    The Iranian Election on
    Twitter

    http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-
    stats/
    From June 7th till June 26th
    2,024,166 tweets were about Iran

    http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/iranelection-stats/
    Preliminary Findings
    Theoretical Perspectives:

    • Structuration
    •
    • Resistance
    Future Research

    • Amateur versus Professional


    news sources
    •
    • Effectiveness of social media
    • Reliability of social media
    • The interchange of information from
    eyewitnesses to professional
    journalists
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