Staturday: Twitter in Iran
- Posted by: GOOD
- on June 21, 2009 at 3:28 pm
How and to what extent the use of Twitter has helped foment the latest protests in Iran is a question of much debate. Luckily, Iran has had another revolution in recent years which allows us to compare Twitter’s effects on attempts to oust the country’s government.

Tweet numbers are via Mashable and are approximate.











DISCUSSION: 10 Comments
ROFLMFAOAHAHHHHAAHABRILLIANCE!
roflmfaoahahhapretty clever you good magazine you!
Maybe Im dull, but what are we doing here?
Twitter: fail. Thus far…
Intereresting very interesting
Can we be a little more smart about this? Let’s consider just HOW long it took the government to be over thrown in the seventies…the Iranian election just took place less than a month ago.
Seriously, what the heck are you trying to infer. If you did the chart on how many American’s knew wtf Iran WAS (literally, was) in 1979 compare to 2009, the chart would look exactly the opposite.Best,Thora
Sorry, “graph.”
Thora: In 1979, 52 Americans were being held hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. It was—not to be glib about it—a huge deal, and it was a key point in the 1980 presidential election. In fact, the hostages were shown on TV being released simultaneously with Reagan’s inauguration (try Mark Bowden’s excellent Guest of the Ayatollah if you want to learn more). You think you’re hearing a lot about Iran now? You have no idea.
Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life.JBBulk Email Program