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Quotation of the Day for June 17, 2010"Nonetheless, the "Twitter Revolution" was an irresistible meme during the post-election protests, a story that wrote itself. Various analysts were eager to chime in about the purported role of Twitter in the Green Movement. Some were politics experts, like the Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder. Others were experts on new media, like Sascha Segan of PC Magazine. Western journalists who couldn't reach -- or didn't bother reaching? -- people on the ground in Iran simply scrolled through the English-language tweets posted with tag #iranelection. Through it all, no one seemed to wonder why people trying to coordinate protests in Iran would be writing in any language other than Farsi." - Golnaz Esfandiari, "The Twitter Devolution", Foreign Policy, 7 June 2010. [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/07/the_twitter_revolution_that_wasnt] Submitted by: Chris Doherty Jun. 11, 2010 |
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