The Iran Elections serve as a case study for the growing power and influence of online media. With the latest political conflict in Iran over Ahmadinejad’s re-election, the powers that be have announced a media blackout in the hopes of keeping the rest of the world out but this blackout has only served to show how pervasive modern technology really is. The news is still leaking out from Iran with Iranians themselves now in the driving seat as they send out video clips and photos to the rest of the world via the internet. Whilst this is a big plus for the power of social media and the Internet, it’s not such great news for traditional media houses. The balance of power is shifting as this latest media blackout reveals that the big guns, like CNN, BBC, Fox, are no longer the definitive source of information on the Iran... [read full story]
