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Finding A Voice: Using The Internet For Free Speech And Expression In Iran, Chelsea Zimmerman
Finding A Voice: Using The Internet For Free Speech And Expression In Iran, Chelsea Zimmerman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In July 2009, many Iranians took to the streets to protest the results of the presidential election in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won with a reported 62% of the vote. The protests, stemming from allegations of electoral fraud, quickly exposed the government's limited tolerance for dissent. In addition to street demonstrations, protestors utilized social networking websites to express their opposition to the election results. The world, following Internet feeds, witnessed the restrictive mechanisms Iran’s government placed on expression and speech. People throughout the world admonished Iran for the government's interference with cell phone and Internet networks. Iran’s free speech and expression …
August Roundtable: Introduction
August Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
The Two Faces of Twitter: Revolution in a Digital Age. By Darrell West. The Huffington Post. July 30, 2009.
Iran: Who Is Quicker - The Hacker Or The Twitter?, Anja Mihr
Iran: Who Is Quicker - The Hacker Or The Twitter?, Anja Mihr
Human Rights & Human Welfare
For a moment we believed that we had entered into a new era of democratic movement. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google—chat have given proof that regardless where people live, what background they have, what system they adhere to or what religion they practice: they want to share the injustice and violence that happens to them with the world. They seek awareness, help and support and moreover they look for an end to the unfair and violent treatment. So have thousands of people in Iran—and still they do. They use what is the most widely available, quickest and the cheapest way …
Protest, Iranian Style: A Two-Way Conversation?, Shareen Hertel
Protest, Iranian Style: A Two-Way Conversation?, Shareen Hertel
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Darrell West gets it right when he argues that despite their promise, digital technologies alone “cannot produce revolutions. To generate fundamental change, it still takes strong leadership, powerful ideas, and people willing to risk detention and imprisonment.” West is writing about Iran—and the critical role that social networking has played in fostering social protest in the wake of a disputed election in that country. He also warns that oppressive regimes may turn the very same tool of protest against those fighting for freedom, by using digital technology to track protesters. Yet West underplays the importance of social networking for cracking …
Twitter And Youtube: Positive Developments For Human Rights Protection?, Nicola Colbran
Twitter And Youtube: Positive Developments For Human Rights Protection?, Nicola Colbran
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A number of statements have been made regarding the benefit to human rights protection of advances in technology. However, can these advances also have a negative impact?
Focusing on instant messaging and social network services such as Twitter and YouTube, the positives are quickly apparent. They can draw immediate attention to human rights violations that may otherwise go unnoticed, allow interested parties to stay abreast of developments in the protection of human rights, and create strength and courage in numbers for action that may not be anticipated by the perpetrator. These services also enable human rights activists to tweet their …
Stop The Revolution, Michael Jackson Is Dead!, William Paul Simmons
Stop The Revolution, Michael Jackson Is Dead!, William Paul Simmons
Human Rights & Human Welfare
We won’t soon forget the rapid fire pace of “tweets” and Facebook posts direct from the streets of Tehran. The haunting images of Neda Agha Soltan shocked the consciences of hundreds of thousands around the globe as it went “viral.”
Tahira Khan On Women As Weapons Of War: Iraq, Sex And The Media By Kelly Oliver. New York, Ny: Columbia University Press, 2007. 208pp., Tahira Khan
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex and the Media by Kelly Oliver. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2007. 208pp.
Ending The Cold War Is A Good Place To Start, Judith Blau
Ending The Cold War Is A Good Place To Start, Judith Blau
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Recently, I told my daughter that the U.S. media had hyped the Chinese toy recall. “Just more rehashing of Cold War rhetoric,” I said. My two-year old daughter rebuked me: “Come on, Mom! You read politics into everything!” Then, after a moment or two of silence, she said, “Oh yes, I see what you mean. The Chinese toys with toxic paints could have been made in sweatshops owned by U.S. multinationals” (proud mom—politically aware daughter).
The Promise And Peril Of Public Anthropology, Ben Feinberg
The Promise And Peril Of Public Anthropology, Ben Feinberg
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Why America’s Top Pundits Are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back edited by Catherine Besteman and Hugh Gusterson. University of California Press: Berkeley, 2005. 282 pp.
and
Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power edited by Roberto J. González. University of Texas Press: Austin, 2004. 288 pp.
and
Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI’s Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists by David H. Price. Duke University Press: Durham, 2004. 426 pp.