Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives » Iran http://citizenjournalism.me Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:31:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Chapter 9: The Iranian Story: What Citizens? What Journalism? http://citizenjournalism.me/the-book/section-two-citizen-journalism-and-democratic-cultures/chapter-9-the-iranian-story-what-citizens-what-journalism/ http://citizenjournalism.me/the-book/section-two-citizen-journalism-and-democratic-cultures/chapter-9-the-iranian-story-what-citizens-what-journalism/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:58:31 +0000 Einar Thorsen http://citizenjournalism.me/?page_id=34 Continue reading →]]> Khiabany and Sreberny (Chapter 9) address questions of citizenship and journalistic professionalism in an authoritarian regime by exploring the re-inflection of a more Western conceptualization of citizen journalism in relation to Iran’s radically different political setting. The Persian blogosphere, they demonstrate, provides a space for trade unions, radical student groups, and women’s movements to voice their plight, which is otherwise ignored by the traditional, state-controlled mass media. They show how citizenship and journalism are both experiencing a revival through innovative and alternative forms of expression in response to the political context.

Authors: Gholam Khiabany and Annabelle Sreberny

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