Neda And Iran's YouTube Revolution

Silicon Alley Insider by Matt Mireles | Jun. 22, 2009 (News Analysis)

More than Twitter, it is the ubiquity of digital cameras and the democratization of video publishing that makes this revolution so different.

If it were up to CNN and the old school broadcast networks, you would have never heard of Neda, the 16-year-old Iranian girl. She was shot in the heart by Iranian Security Forces as the cell phone cameras rolled and her father stood by. More than some sophisticated Internet filtering program, these guardians ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Iran, Internet, Citizen Journalism, Social Networks
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jun 22, 2009 - 5:45 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 22, 2009 - 5:45 PM PDT

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 22, 2009

This short blog post points to the power of YouTube and digital cameras to spread news and information more widely than established TV networks. It includes links to disturbing videos of Neda and other Iran demonstrators killed or injured in last week's protests. It's hard to remain neutral after seeing this footage. But I would have liked a bit more factual information and context, to see this event from a broader perspective.

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