New Media and Social-political Change in Iran

New Media and Social-political Change in Iran

New Media and Social-political Change in Iran
Mohammad Hadi Sohrabi-Haghighat Article The increasing penetration of new communication technologies into everyday life has attracted a growing interest in the social, economic and political implications of these technologies. Most studies have looked at Western democratic societies and the literature on the developing countries is unfortunately small in comparison. In 2009 Iran witnessed a political upheaval in the aftermath of the presidential election in which the Internet was utilized…