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If you're unfamiliar with the situation, here's a great article from TIME that helps explain what is going on with Twitter and Iran. Essentially the Iranian government has shut down most forms of communication so protestors and mainstream media cannot tell the world what is going on in Iran. Twitter, because it can be used from a cell phone and computer, has given protestors an outlet that allows them to broadcast minute by minute updates to the entire global community . In short, we're witnessing a uprising in a completely new way and we're communicating with one another in a completely new way.
We interview political science and international relations professor Mark Elrod (@markaelrod) for our story today. He had a lot of interesting things to say as to what historical signficance this holds and how social networks like Twitter are making this world even more connected. I also thought it was also interesting that Elrod mentioned the drawback to this Twitter revolution....there's no way of confirming the information included in the Tweets. Hypothetically, it could be a kid posing as an Iranian, etc. Still I think everyone agrees Twitter's use in Iran is very significant.
If you want to check it out for yourself, search #IranElection on Twitter. It will pull up the most up to date Tweets. As always let me know what you think in the comment section below, via email (jdean@katv.com) or through Twitter (@jessicadean).
JD
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