The Internet and Politics in Iran
by
Annabelle Sreberny, Gholam Khiabany
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
The protests unleashed by Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic's vigorous cyber culture to theworld's attention. Iran has an estimated 700,000 bloggers, and new media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were thought to haveplayed a key role in spreading...