Comments on: Al Jazeera on Mousavi’s New Media Campaign http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2009/06/10/al-jazeera-on-mousavis-new-media-campaign/ Thoughts from the Internet and Democracy Project team at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:33:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Common in Cambridge » From Router to Ballot Box http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2009/06/10/al-jazeera-on-mousavis-new-media-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-15059 Common in Cambridge » From Router to Ballot Box Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:25:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/?p=825#comment-15059 [...] Checkout donate button.  Today, on election-eve in Iran, Mousavi appears to have employed similar, tech-savvy, tactics, leveraging SMS, YouTube, and manifold online platforms to bolster his cause.  Catering to the [...] [...] Checkout donate button.  Today, on election-eve in Iran, Mousavi appears to have employed similar, tech-savvy, tactics, leveraging SMS, YouTube, and manifold online platforms to bolster his cause.  Catering to the [...]

]]> By: scotthartley http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2009/06/10/al-jazeera-on-mousavis-new-media-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-15053 scotthartley Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:29:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/?p=825#comment-15053 The use of new media can additionally be corroborated by looking at trends in Internet search volume. For example, over the last 30 days, "debate" search has erupted by "breakout" proportions, and "Mousavi," as a keyword by 500%. Based on earlier data from Google Trends and Google Insights for Search, I highlight this dynamic in a Foreign Policy web-exclusive, "Who's Winning Iran's Google War?" http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4991 The use of new media can additionally be corroborated by looking at trends in Internet search volume. For example, over the last 30 days, “debate” search has erupted by “breakout” proportions, and “Mousavi,” as a keyword by 500%.

Based on earlier data from Google Trends and Google Insights for Search, I highlight this dynamic in a Foreign Policy web-exclusive, “Who’s Winning Iran’s Google War?” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4991

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