[摘]伊朗推特革命

With protests in Iran taking place as Beth gives her talk, it's worth considering the ways SMS can be used - and is actually used - at moments of conflict. Analyzing the Lemon revolution in Kyrgystan, she explains that SMS wasn't really used for planning demonstrations. Instead, it was used to warn people to stay away from riots, or to organize family and friends to protect businesses from looting. There is speculation - which she couldn't confirm - that SMS was used by looters to coordinate their work. In Kenya, during election violence, SMS was a very effective platform for disseminating virulent ethnic hatred, using stories that were mostly true - and therefore credible - but had been exaggerated to be inflamatory.

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In the case of Tehran, it's a complex picture. Reporting political upheaval is difficult at the best of times, and Iran is not the first time that crowd-sourced news has done a better job of capturing an overall picture--of what is visible. But reporting is also about uncovering the hidden information--the behind-the-scenes struggle, and I've not seen anything either on twitter or, frankly, in mainstream media, that's captured that more difficult part of the story. Smart media practitioners will learn from this lesson, not only that they can out-source to the crowd some of the 'public' events, but that their value lies in better reporting the 'private' events, those that go on behind closed doors.

iReport Blog On the ground in Iran »

Since many iReporters had friends upload their videos, it was hard to get in touch with them directly. Others couldn't make phone calls, or didn't want to because they were afraid for their safety.

Iran's Twitter Revolution? Maybe Not Yet - BusinessWeek

For now, these tools represent the best chance the demonstrations have of getting continued coverage. "Social media is not at all a prime mover of what is happening on the ground," says Ethan Zuckerman, a senior researcher at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. "The reason social media is so interesting [for the press] is that the international media doesn't have its members on the ground."

MediaShift . 4 Minute Roundup: Special Iran Election Edition | PBS

the news has continued to spread on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. And when CNN was seen as lax in coverage of Iran last weekend, the #CNNFail meme sprouted up on Twitter and they paid attention, increasing coverage the next day.

Lost Remote: The Business of Journalism

it will become increasingly difficult to separate the two. It's time for professional and citizen journalism to share the same stage: not glued together, but truly symbiotic. Journalists must realize that one is not more important than the other, and both need each other.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Citizen journalism in its purest form - #IranElection

The question remains if this is journalism or simply reporting. Either way, we are witnessing first hand account of an emergent social revolution.

Lessons for online journalists from #CNNFail and the Iran uprising

1) People still want news
2) People want international news
3) People will get upset when they don't find news where they expect it
4) People will go wherever they need to get news
5) People want to participate in the news
6) If you can't afford to cover the world 24/7, empower your viewers and readers to help cover it for you
7) Create and test a system for reader submissions and page editing before a crisis happens
8) Plan for rerouting news to the public should a medium fail or be blocked
9) Plan for rerouting info from the public, as well
10) Close the loop by reporting on your efforts

Journalism Goes Ga-Ga Over Twitter: A Little Perspective - The World Newser

Twitter is a Huge Asset
Twitter is a Tailored Platform
Twitter is Unreliable
Twitter is Powerful
Twitter Power Caveat

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