If the press is not free, if speech is not independent and untrammeled, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.                        – U.S. Senator William E. Borah

The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections

This report is the result of a CIMA workshop held on July 7, 2009. Approximately 150 media development implementers, new media experts, journalists, representatives of international organizations, and others, came together to discuss the impact of new communications technologies in Iran.  The discussion centered on the role of new media in pre- and post-election Iran, as well as the future of new media in social movements.

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