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Social media in Iran : politics and society after 2009 / edited by David M. Faris and Babak Rahimi. - viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.

Facebookiran: social capital and the Iranian social media / Jari Eloranta, Hossein Kermani, and Babak Rahimi
Gender roles in the social media world of Iranian women / Elham Gheytanchi
The role of social media in the lives of gay Iranians / Abouzar Nasirzadeh
Disabled Iranians on social media: reflections on the empowering experiences of the Iranian pwds in the blogosphere / Kobra Elahifar
The politics of online journalism in Iran / Marcus Michaelsen
The Persian blogosphere in dissent / Arash Falasiri and Nazanin Ghanavizi
The politics and anti-politics of Facebook in context of the Iranian 2009 presidential elections and beyond / Mohammad Sadeghi Esfahlani
Trans-spatial public action: the geography of Iranian post-election protests in the age of Web 2.0 / Reza Masoudi Nnejad
Balatarin: gatekeepers and the politics of a Persian social media site / Babak Rahimi and Nima Rassooli
Architectures of control and mobilization in Egypt and Iran
David M. Faris
Social media and the Islamic Republic / Niki Akhavan
Political memory and social media: the case of Neda / Samira Rajabi
Iranian cinema and social media / Michelle langford
The online avant-garde: iranian video art and its technological rebellion / Staci gem Scheiwiller


First comprehensive account of how the Internet has impacted life in Iran.

ISBN: 9781438458823 1438458827

LCCN: 2015001354

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Facebook (Recurso electrónico)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social media--Iran.
Redes sociales--Irán
Social media--Political aspects--Iran.
Redes sociales --Aspectos políticos--Irán

LC Class. No.: HM 1206 / S678 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 302.23/1