Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society After 2009
Albany: State University of New York Press (2015), 334 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 287-312, index
ISBN 9781438458830 (hbk); 978-1-4384-5884-7 (e-book)
I. SOCIETAL
1 Facebook Iran: social capital and the Iranian social media / Jari Eloranta, Hossein Kermani, and Babak Rahimi, 19
2 Gender roles in the social media world of Iranian women / Elham Gheytanchi, 41
3 The role of social media in the lives of gay Iranians / Abouzar Nasirzadeh, 57
4 Disabled Iranians on social media: reflections on the empowering experiences of the Iranian pwds in the blogosphere / Kobra Elahifar, 76
II. POLITICS
5 The politics of online journalism in Iran / Marcus Michaelsen, 101
6 The Persian blogosphere in dissent / Arash Falasiri and Nazanin Ghanavizi, 123
7 The politics and anti-politics of Facebook in context of the Iranian 2009 presidential elections and beyond / Mohammad Sadeghi Esfahlani, 137
8 Trans-spatial public action: the geography of Iranian post-election protests in the age of Web 2.0 / Reza Masoudi Nejad, 165
9 Balatarin: gatekeepers and the politics of a Persian social media site / Babak Rahimi and Nima Rassooli, 183
10 Architectures of control and mobilization in Egypt and Iran / David M. Faris, 199
11 Social media and the Islamic Republic / Niki Akhavan, 213
12 Political memory and social media: the case of Neda / Samira Rajabi, 231
III. CULTURE
13 Iranian cinema and social media / Michelle Langford, 251
14 The online avant-garde: Iranian video art and its technological rebellion / Staci Gem Scheiwiller, 271
1 Facebook Iran: social capital and the Iranian social media / Jari Eloranta, Hossein Kermani, and Babak Rahimi, 19
2 Gender roles in the social media world of Iranian women / Elham Gheytanchi, 41
3 The role of social media in the lives of gay Iranians / Abouzar Nasirzadeh, 57
4 Disabled Iranians on social media: reflections on the empowering experiences of the Iranian pwds in the blogosphere / Kobra Elahifar, 76
II. POLITICS
5 The politics of online journalism in Iran / Marcus Michaelsen, 101
6 The Persian blogosphere in dissent / Arash Falasiri and Nazanin Ghanavizi, 123
7 The politics and anti-politics of Facebook in context of the Iranian 2009 presidential elections and beyond / Mohammad Sadeghi Esfahlani, 137
8 Trans-spatial public action: the geography of Iranian post-election protests in the age of Web 2.0 / Reza Masoudi Nejad, 165
9 Balatarin: gatekeepers and the politics of a Persian social media site / Babak Rahimi and Nima Rassooli, 183
10 Architectures of control and mobilization in Egypt and Iran / David M. Faris, 199
11 Social media and the Islamic Republic / Niki Akhavan, 213
12 Political memory and social media: the case of Neda / Samira Rajabi, 231
III. CULTURE
13 Iranian cinema and social media / Michelle Langford, 251
14 The online avant-garde: Iranian video art and its technological rebellion / Staci Gem Scheiwiller, 271
