Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age

Yahya R. Kamalipour

doi:10.5771/9781442204171

Summary

Focusing on the Iranian presidential elections of 2009 and ensuing demonstrations in major cities across Iran and world, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age provides a balanced discussion of the role and impact of modern communication technologies, particularly the novel utilization of 'small digital media' vis-^-vis the elections and global media coverage. Written in a non-technical, easy to read, and accessible manner, the volume will appeal to scholars, students, policy makers and print professionals alike. To provide a global overview of media coverage and diverse perspectives on the controversial 2009 presidential election, this book consists of 24 original essays, covering issues from global media coverage to new media-social networking, from the ideological-political dimensions to the cultural facets of the elections. Organized in a cohesive manner, the writing styles and presentation remain varied and richly informative.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-0415-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-0417-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 314
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Introduction No access
5. About Iran No access
1. Chapter One. The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Coverage of CNN and Al-Jazeera English Websites No access
2. Chapter Two. The Canadian Media-Framing of the 2009 Iranian Presidential Election No access
3. Chapter Three. The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Polish Media No access
4. Chapter Four. The Portrait of Iran: How the Turkish Press Covered the 2009 Presidential Election No access
5. Chapter Five. A Comparative Analysis of the Egyptian and Iranian Presidential Elections Media Coverage No access
6. Chapter Six. The Presidential Election in Iran in 2009: Pre- and Postelection News Coverage in the German Press No access
7. Chapter Seven. How the Mass Media Defined Iran’s Destiny: A General Overview of the Role of Media Outlets in Iran’s June 2009 Presidential Election No access
8. Chapter Eight. Televised Presidential Election Debates: A Brief Comparative Analysis of the American and Iranian Debates No access
1. Chapter Nine. What’s That Chirping I Hear? From the CNN Effect to the Twitter Effect No access
2. Chapter Ten. Bullets with Butterfly Wings: Tweets, Protest Networks, and the Iranian Election No access
3. Chapter Eleven. Graphic Content: The Semiotics of a YouTube Uprising No access
4. Chapter Twelve. The Role and Impact of New Information Technology (NIT) Applications in Disseminating News about the Recent Iran Presidential Election and Uprisings No access
5. Chapter Thirteen. The Role of E-diplomacy in Iranian and Xinjiang Riots No access
1. Chapter Fourteen. Khameni’s Group against Khomeini Followers No access
2. Chapter Fifteen. Silencing Iran’s Twitterati: How U.S. Sanctions Muzzle Iran’s Online Opposition No access
3. Chapter Sixteen. Legal Opinion as Political Action: The Significance of Ayatollah Montazeri’s Postelection Fatwa in Delegitimizing the Islamic Republic of Iran No access
4. Chapter Seventeen. Televising the “Velvet Revolution” Show Trials in the Aftermath of Iran’s Tenth Presidential Election No access
5. Chapter Eighteen. The Ramadan Controversy: Dilemmas in Mediating between Cultures through the Study of Dutch and Iranian Media Discourses in the Post-Iranian Uprising No access
1. Chapter Nineteen. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, More Powerful Than a Locomotive: Mutual Instrumentalization of Culture, Cinema, and Media by Iran and the United States No access
2. Chapter Twenty. Social Networking Media and the Revolution That Wasn’t: A Realistic Assessment of the Revolutionary Situation in Iran No access
3. Chapter Twenty-One. Are We Neda? The Iranian Women, the Election, and International Media No access
4. Chapter Twenty-Two. Symbols, Signs, and Slogans of the Demonstrations in Iran No access
5. Chapter Twenty-Three. Friend or Foe? The Challenges and Tribulations of Iranian Reporters Working for Western Media No access
6. Chapter Twenty-Four. Cyber Disobedience: Weapons of Mass Media Destruction? No access
Recommended Sources No access Pages 289 - 292
Index No access Pages 293 - 304
About the Contributors No access Pages 305 - 314