#iranelection: A list of information sources
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
If you are engaged with social media in any way, chances are you have come across more than one reference to the protests in Tehran. From articles posted, to local protest events shared over Facebook, to liveblogs dedicated to minute-by-minute info-sourcing, to the fact that #iranelection has become the number one trending topic on Twitter (30,000+ tagged messages today!) it is evident that social media is a powerful communication tool for a world craving knowledge and involvement. Just as the social media community has glommed on to what’s happening in Iran, social media may arguably have had an impact on the elections (see BBC, NYTimes, CNN).
To help you navigate the web maelstrom surrounding this issue, here’s our condensed list of sources to follow as the events continue to unfold in Tehran.*
Live Blogs
For up-to-the-minute, in-depth reporting on the events in Tehran
The Daily Dish – The Atlantic – Live blog that aggregates information from different sources such as Flickr, Twitter, live blogs, YouTube. Updates several times a day. Is now posting live-tweets. Keep in mind that what you are viewing is unfiltered
Tehran Bureau – Independent source of news on Iran and the Iranian Diaspora. Very good collection of information including press round-ups, commentary, videos, art, features and a translated letter from Mousavi.
Guardian.co.uk Live Blog- Live aggregation of information with a focus on reports supplied by traditional news outlets.
Twitter users
Primary sources
Mousavi1388 – Information pertaining to Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Presidential candidate
JimSciuttoABC – ABC News Senior Foreign Correspondant reporting from Tehran
Tehran Bureau – Twitter account for news source mentioned above
Madyar – Iranian Citizen in Tehran
Change_for_Iran – Iranian Student in Tehran
Persiankiwi – Iranian Citizen in Tehran
Photos
Boston.com – Iran’s Disputed Election
Flickr – Mousavi1388
Flickr – Iran09
Flickr – Hamed Saber
Video
Audiovisual context
IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers from ayrakus on Vimeo.
Irandoost09 Channel on YouTube
*Invoke does not take responsibility for the opinions expressed via any of the above media channels. They are simply our selection of what we perceive to be of greatest interest.
