Tag Archives: Iran

A year later, Iran Proves that the Gun is Mightier Than the Tweet

By Kfir Pravda | Published: July 12, 2010
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Last year, brave citizens of Iran decided they had enough. After a suspected rigged election, thousands of young Iranians started protesting against the elected government. The movement, called the Green Movement, arranged mass demonstrations, and clashed with security forces. And while the government controlled the media, it couldn’t control [...]
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The Million Followers Fallacy – Guest Post by Adi Avnit

By Kfir Pravda | Published: August 20, 2009
Image by LDubTown via Flickr Twitter is getting more and more attention from traditional media lately. Whether it’s a news-story mentioning Twitter, a Twitter competition between a celebrities, or using Twitter to gather reports on the Iran elections, the average person sees the word “Twitter” more and more often. But with the Twitter rush a [...]
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