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. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media) Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not.  Below are live

Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online - NYTimes.com - Watching the #IranElection hashtag stream on Twitter, more and more videos on YouTube and the BBC, and the way citizens create and the global networks share updates about the reality of post-election mayhem in Iran has distracted me from work and ignited many conversations with friends about both what we've seen or read so far each day and what the power of social media has unlocked. These are some links I wanted to share from June 16th. Find me on Delicious for more!

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”

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 panel will cover the various tools (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) that are being used to elevate protests, examine the benefits and drawbacks of the internet's involvement and whether social media makes protests more or less efficient, and discuss the issue of authenticity in information dissemination.  The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. 

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 He’s most known for his YouTube video: The Machine is Us/ing Us viewed 10 million times). Submitted by Heather McLeod Grant, senior consultant at the Monitor Institute and a principal contributor to Working Wikily This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Personal Democracy Forum in New York – a conference

through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care The panel will cover the various tools (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) [ Ed. 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! Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ] The

million stories about local food or Home schooling on YouTube or on blogs are still fringe.  . A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. . Courtesy of Jon Husband, publisher of Wirearchy (This This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design a pilot project in support of an important multi-constituent project Rob is helping to guide.  His

In Iran. YouTube: Protest Iran Election Twitter: Katrin Verclas' Twitterfeed - actively amplifying the news out of Iran Activist Internet usage trends on Twitter show the consistency and growth of the Iran Election movement If Five years ago, CNN and 24-hour news channels and personal blogs captured US citizen dissent at the 2004 Presidential election results (or lack thereof). In 2008 TwitterVoteReport attempted to provide real-time election monitoring as US citizens posted voting experiences to their Twitter feeds.

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. For five days nonprofit campaigners, techies, and social media enthusiasts will gather for one of the largest and most anticipated conferences of the year.

through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care The panel will cover the various tools (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media media industry event.