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That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China.  In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Youtube and facebook are just the new tools for political change.

From YouTube’s founding in 2005 to the documentation of post-election turmoil in Iran, the progress video on the web has been remarkable in just a few short year. JoeTrippi.com » Blog Archive » The Rise of Web Video: "What’s next for web video? For more perspective, the NYT has a look, in “Rise of Web Video, Beyond 2-Minute Clips”

In Iran. YouTube: A student group posting videos on the Iranian election and aftermath. Protest Iran Election. Katrin Verclas' Twitterfeed - actively amplifying the news out of Iran. Internet Graphs: Internet usage trends on Twitter show the consistency and growth of the Iran Election movement. Ahmadinejad. Tehran.

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This panel will discuss several case studies showing successful fundraising strategies that incorporate Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. 2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? SXSW is just around the corner. No worries though. Read on! Panels. Debunking the Myth of Social Media Fundraising March 13 at 12:30 PM.

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Digital Protests  This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. note: I was getting around to writing up my own notes about SXSW, when I realized Beth had done all the work for me, as usual! The SXSW Interactive Festival. Carie Lewis.

Digital Protests  This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event.  It was organized by Ed Schipul.  Carie Lewis.

The other most compelling presentation of the conference was by Michael Wesch , from Kansas State, who talked about how YouTube and online video is shaping our notions of self and identity, allowing for new possibilities of connection and community. He’s most known for his YouTube video: The Machine is Us/ing Us viewed 10 million times).