Comments on: What if Twitter is leading us all astray in Iran?

By: Twitter, Social Media and the revolution in Iran

Twitter, Social Media and the revolution in Iran — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:54:14 +0000

[...] is all just a case of wishful thinking from a minority of people in the Social Media realm trying to pin the popularity of Social Media to the coattails of an event [...]

By: Meg Pickard » Blog Archive » Thinking about Twitter and the Iranian Election aftermath

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:13:47 +0000

[...] as we follow the situation unfolding on Twitter (and in big media), I just wanted to share this thoughtful article by a former Iraq war and Pentagon correspondent about rumours and the potential for hopeful [...]

By: True/Slant Anniversary: Some of the best analysis and perspective published in our first year - Michael Roston - Newsbroke - True/Slant

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:31:52 +0000

[...] Joshua Kucera – Did Twitter lead us astray on Iran? [...]

By: When Falls the Coliseum » Does internet freedom = political freedom?

When Falls the Coliseum » Does internet freedom = political freedom? — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:05 +0000

[...] The problem is that the Green Revolution never happened. A couple great posts — one by Josh Kucera and one by Kate Klonick — over at True/Slant hammered this point home at the [...]

By: Rosaura Ochoa – Social Media Blog » Redes Sociales, Fundamentales para Informar desde Irán

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:30:44 +0000

[...] embargo y era de esperarse, también hubo desinformación. Se dijo en Twitter que el ejército iraní tomaría las calles de Teherán para acallar las [...]

By: gobieta » Redes Sociales, Fundamentales para Informar desde Irán

gobieta » Redes Sociales, Fundamentales para Informar desde Irán — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:03:34 +0000

[...] embargo y era de esperarse, también hubo desinformación. Se dijo en Twitter que el ejército iraní tomaría las calles de Teherán para acallar las [...]

By: Is digital media changing political representation? - Social Networks

Is digital media changing political representation? - Social Networks — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:35:04 +0000

[...] many people moved to Twitter to express their anger against the government. The problem is that this same tool can be used for the opposite, to give legitimacy to authoritarian governments or to minorities who get to manage blogs or [...]

By: Annotated Bibliography: Twitter and the Iranian Election Protests « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:16:08 +0000

[...] What if Twitter is leading us all astray in Iran? True/Slant, Joshua Kucera, 15 June 2009 http://trueslant.com/joshuakucera/2009/06/15/what-if-we-are-all-wrong-about-iran/ Many doubts about Twitter, rumour-mongering, misinformation, validity: “None of this is to excuse the behavior of the government after the election results came out. Or to diminish the bravery and courage of the people who are out in the streets in Tehran getting beaten. But what if it’s based on a lie? A Twitter-fueled, mass delusion of a lie? That the one third of people who voted for Mousavi convinced themselves, via a social media echo chamber that selectively picked rumors and amplified them until they appeared true, that they in fact represented two thirds of the country? And then tried to bring down the government based on that delusion? Maybe it’s not the case this time. But doesn’t this entire episode seem to show how such a thing could happen? And then what?” [...]

By: Twitter, Irán y la calidad de la información « ESTRATEGIA DIGITAL

Twitter, Irán y la calidad de la información « ESTRATEGIA DIGITAL — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:43:16 +0000

[...] cómo de fiable fue la información que los usuarios ayudaron a difundir. Un ejemplo es este artículo de Joshuah Kucera que descubrí vía FriendFeed: parece ser que muchos de los datos que circularon por Twitter al [...]

By: blogs y Medios (byM) » Blog Archive » ¿Mousavi utilizó mejor las redes sociales que Ahmadineyad?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:25 +0000

[...] en Irán más que para multiplicar un rumor que realmente nunca se ha confirmado como noticia. Joshua Kucera se hacía una pregunta similar hace un par de semanas (vía [...]