will be the revolution be twittered
As some of you may recall a few months back when we set up the website, I said that at least a familiarity of new social media such as Twitter should be mandatory for all students interested in understanding the contemporary global media landscape. The Iran elections have shown this again. So while I settle back into to hyper-connected world once again after a few weeks grazing in the mountains, here is a rather good video about the use of media in Iran’s current situation. As Twitter has become mainstream, my tentacles are now out to what shall be the next “emerging” media to emerge out of the silicon mix. I am in the process of figuring out how to use and set up “anonymity networks” to avoid censorship so I think this will become a mandatory element of tactical media activism in the near future. Will keep you posted … below the video:
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this is so energizing! I think it’s amazing that ‘small media’ has been able to transcend the major networks that were banned, and still reach the world that is following. I would be interested to see what Sreberny has to say about as in terms of her first “Small Media, Big Revolution” phenomenon.
I think Twitter is a very interesting tool particularly because of it’s being a voice – and I find it much more affective that they are in short, 140 character, spurts – for individuals around the world. And even more, that it is indeed in real time. It just goes to show how far simple communications go, the major influence it has.
I think this Twittered revolution (as well as this current revolution of Twitter) has a lot to be said about it. This communication and information share through social networks has created a new level of interaction in that sense. Twitter has become mainstream, but it seems like a new angle is revealed with every cultural and/or media event.
We have small media definitely now and something has changed in how news is produced; somehow I still remain a bit more skeptical about the “big revolution” part. Small media may not be enough to explain why change happens – the sudden shift in the subterranean flow of desire that causes a regime to collapse and a new is installed. Power still works in mysterious ways. I am interested in what the next thing will be as the rise of “new” media seems to be accelerating: blogs, Facebook, Twitter …