Comments on: Blogs and Iran http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: J Kolenovsky http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-18309 J Kolenovsky Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:07:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-18309 Is Ahmadinejad crazy about the Holocaust? What kind of World History do they teach over there? Is Ahmadinejad crazy about the Holocaust? What kind of World History do they teach over there?

]]> By: blowback http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15889 blowback Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:59:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15889 Leslie, you are a bit too optimistic I think. There are nowhere as many as 700,000 active Iranian blogs, and any such numbers are those inside and OUTSIDE of Iran. The intelligence agency of Iran (SAVAMA) is more than capable to monitor the blogs within Iran, and filter out those outside of Iran. When you subscribe to the internet in Iran, you need to provide your name and address, which is then associated with the IP address assigned to you. There is no way for a blogger to escape the secret police. Many bloggers have been picked up by the secret police and will continue to be picked up. Many have been incarcerated. There is very little future to blogging inside Iran, unless the blog is apolitical or pro-regime. Fact is that when you don't have the freedom to voice your opinion and criticize the state - this fact gets reflected in all the instruments of communication, including the internet. Leslie, you are a bit too optimistic I think. There are nowhere as many as 700,000 active Iranian blogs, and any such numbers are those inside and OUTSIDE of Iran.

The intelligence agency of Iran (SAVAMA) is more than capable to monitor the blogs within Iran, and filter out those outside of Iran.

When you subscribe to the internet in Iran, you need to provide your name and address, which is then associated with the IP address assigned to you.

There is no way for a blogger to escape the secret police. Many bloggers have been picked up by the secret police and will continue to be picked up. Many have been incarcerated. There is very little future to blogging inside Iran, unless the blog is apolitical or pro-regime.

Fact is that when you don’t have the freedom to voice your opinion and criticize the state - this fact gets reflected in all the instruments of communication, including the internet.

]]> By: Leslie Jump http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15801 Leslie Jump Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:07:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15801 Actually blogs and other forms of social media are picking up momentum across the Middle East. There's a large media conference in Dubai this week, hosted by the Arab Thought Foundation, which includes blogs among other topics. (http://www.arabandworldmedia.org/) The conference has set up a blog and is having blog clinics. (http://www.vhg2.com:16080/weblog/awm/) I've seen reports which estimate the number of blogs in Iran at over 700,000. (http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/10/the-blog-herald-blog-count-october-2005/) It's exciting to see the development of these forms of media in markets where mainstream media has such overwhelming problems with political structures and economic models. Actually blogs and other forms of social media are picking up momentum across the Middle East. There’s a large media conference in Dubai this week, hosted by the Arab Thought Foundation, which includes blogs among other topics. (http://www.arabandworldmedia.org/) The conference has set up a blog and is having blog clinics. (http://www.vhg2.com:16080/weblog/awm/)
I’ve seen reports which estimate the number of blogs in Iran at over 700,000. (http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/10/the-blog-herald-blog-count-october-2005/) It’s exciting to see the development of these forms of media in markets where mainstream media has such overwhelming problems with political structures and economic models.

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15646 Miguel Guhlin Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:47:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/30/blogs-and-iran/#comment-15646 Posted a response in my <a href="http://www.mguhlin.net/blog" rel="nofollow">blog</a>. Should be available mid-day on November 30th. Posted a response in my blog. Should be available mid-day on November 30th.

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