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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828724203321

Titolo

Media, power, and politics in the digital age : the 2009 presidential election uprising in Iran / / edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-82050-8

9786612820502

1-4422-0417-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Classificazione

05.33

Altri autori (Persone)

KamalipourYahya R

Disciplina

324.955/061

Soggetti

Presidents - Iran - Election - 2009 - Press coverage

Mass media - Political aspects - Iran

Iran Politics and government 1997- Press coverage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; About Iran; Part One. GLOBAL MEDIA DIMENSIONS; Chapter One. The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Coverage of CNN and Al-Jazeera English Websites; Chapter Two. The Canadian Media-Framing of the 2009 Iranian Presidential Election; Chapter Three. The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Polish Media; Chapter Four. The Portrait of Iran: How the Turkish Press Covered the 2009 Presidential Election; Chapter Five. A Comparative Analysis of the Egyptian and Iranian Presidential Elections Media Coverage

Chapter Six. The Presidential Election in Iran in 2009: Pre- and Postelection News Coverage in the German Press Chapter Seven. How the Mass Media Defined Iran's Destiny: A General Overview of the Role of Media Outlets in Iran's June 2009 Presidential Election; Chapter Eight. Televised Presidential Election Debates: A Brief Comparative Analysis of the American and Iranian Debates; Part Two. NEW MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING DIMENSIONS; Chapter Nine. What's That Chirping I Hear? From the CNN Effect to the Twitter Effect

Chapter Ten. Bullets with Butterfly Wings: Tweets, Protest Networks, and the Iranian Election Chapter Eleven. Graphic Content: The Semiotics



of a YouTube Uprising; Chapter Twelve. The Role and Impact of New Information Technology (NIT) Applications in Disseminating News about the Recent Iran Presidential Election and Uprisings; Chapter Thirteen. The Role of E-diplomacy in Iranian and Xinjiang Riots; Part Three. IDEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL DIMENSIONS; Chapter Fourteen. Khameni's Group against Khomeini Followers

Chapter Fifteen. Silencing Iran's Twitterati: How U.S. Sanctions Muzzle Iran's Online Opposition Chapter Sixteen. Legal Opinion as Political Action: The Significance of Ayatollah Montazeri's Postelection Fatwa in Delegitimizing the Islamic Republic of Iran; Chapter Seventeen. Televising the "Velvet Revolution" Show Trials in the Aftermath of Iran's Tenth Presidential Election; Chapter Eighteen. The Ramadan Controversy: Dilemmas in Mediating between Cultures through the Study of Dutch and Iranian Media Discourses in the Post-Iranian Uprising; Part Four. CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION DIMENSIONS

Chapter Nineteen. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, More Powerful Than a Locomotive: Mutual Instrumentalization of Culture, Cinema, and Media by Iran and the United States Chapter Twenty. Social Networking Media and the Revolution That Wasn't: A Realistic Assessment of the Revolutionary Situation in Iran; Chapter Twenty-One. Are We Neda? The Iranian Women, the Election, and International Media; Chapter Twenty-Two. Symbols, Signs, and Slogans of the Demonstrations in Iran; Chapter Twenty-Three. Friend or Foe? The Challenges and Tribulations of Iranian Reporters Working for Western Media

Chapter Twenty-Four. Cyber Disobedience: Weapons of Mass Media Destruction?

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the Iranian presidential elections of 2009 and ensuing demonstrations in major cities across Iran and world, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age provides a balanced discussion of the role and impact of modern communication technologies, particularly the novel utilization of 'small digital media' vis-^-vis the elections and global media coverage. Written in a non-technical, easy to read, and accessible manner, the volume will appeal to scholars, students, policy makers, and print professionals alike.