Twitter free Iran: an evaluation of Twitter's role in public diplomacy and information operations in Iran's 2009 election crisis Burns, Alex and Eltham, Ben 2009, Twitter free Iran: an evaluation of Twitter's role in public diplomacy and information operations in Iran's 2009 election crisis, in Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum (CPRF) 2009, Network Insight Institute, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 298-310. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Twitter free Iran: an evaluation of Twitter's role in public diplomacy and information operations in Iran's 2009 election crisis Author(s) Burns, Alex Eltham, Ben orcid.org/0000-0003-4639-460X Conference name Communications policy and research forum (CPRF) 2009 Conference location Sydney, N.S.W Conference dates 19-20 November 2009 Title of proceedings Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum (CPRF) 2009 Publication date 2009 Start page 298 End page 310 Total pages 13 Publisher Network Insight Institute Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Keyword(s) Twitter foreign policy international relations United States Iran social networks Summary Social media platforms such as Twitter pose new challenges for decision-makers in an international crisis. We examine Twitter’s role during Iran’s 2009 election crisis using a comparative analysis of Twitter investors, US State Department diplomats, citizen activists and Iranian protestors and paramilitary forces. We code for key events during the election’s aftermath from 12 June to 5 August 2009, and evaluate Twitter. Foreign policy, international political economy and historical sociology frameworks provide a deeper context of how Twitter was used by different users for defensive information operations and public diplomacy. Those who believe Twitter and other social network technologies will enable ordinary people to seize power from repressive regimes should consider the fate of Iran’s protestors, some of whom paid for their enthusiastic adoption of Twitter with their lives. Language eng Field of Research 200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies 160607 International Relations Socio Economic Objective 890403 Internet Broadcasting HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30053363 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Link to Related Work Twitter free Iran: an evaluation of Twitter's role in public diplomacy and information operations in Iran's 2009 election crisis (deposited 16-06-2017) Network Insight Institute Publisher (deposited 13-11-2013)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 01 Jul 2013, 20:13:20 EST Tue, 02 Jul 2013, 08:55:28 EST Wed, 03 Jul 2013, 09:46:30 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 09:27:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 69 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 01 Jul 2013, 20:13:02 EST by Ben Eltham

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