A conversation about the Internet's role in the coverage of the Iranian elections

with Nico Pitney, Chris Kelly and Jonathan Zittrain
in Technology, Current Affairs
on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 * * * * *

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A conversation about the Internet's role in the coverage of the Iranian elections with author Jonathan Zittrain, Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook.com and Nico Pitney of Huffington Post

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    1. REMant  06/18/2009 05:19 PM Report

      Nothing is really new in this. The American Revolution was fomented by newspapers over a period of years, and to John Adams' mind as a result the cause had been largely decided before the fighting began. Before that the English Civil War had generated an enormous amount of handbills and such. The Middle Ages were full of insurrections and demonstrations, but I suppose it was this revolutionary experience with the new media which impressed on politicians the overiding importance of public opinion. That's in part why I think war is ulimately of little consequence or even counterproductive. It is important to note, too, that media conglomerates seem to have played little part in what is going on in Iran. If there is a lesson here, it might be to get off our own duffs once and a while.