Social Media in Crisis: Lessons from the Iran Election Aftermath by Katrin Verclas, MobileActive.org

Recored: July 9, 2009

Guests: Katrin Verclas, Co-Founder and Editor, MobileActive.org.

During the Iranian presidential race, reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi used Facebook, YouTube and cell phone networks to garner support among the young and well-connected in Iran. In the tumultuous days after the election, we turned to the internet for a moment-by-moment account of events on the ground -- and wondered how all of this is affecting the ultimate outcome. Katrin Verclas, co-founder and editor of MobileActive.org, will share share insights of Iranians' and our experience of this and other controversial elections through social media.

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