Archive for May, 2010
Marking the World Press Freedom Day
0 Comments Published by Mahmood Enayat May 5th, 2010 in *OIINEWSI took part in a BBC College of Journalism seminar to mark World Press Freedom Day. The debate focused on the impact of the internet and global online political reporting on democracy. I looked specifically at the limitations that journalists and bloggers are facing in Iran:
On Invite of International Media Supprt (IMS), the main Danish media development NGO, I attended a debate on Social media and democracy in closed societies and challenged some widely accepted assumptions, including the “Twitter Revolution”. Interestingly, Information, a Danish daily, choose a title for my interview, that Google translates it to “Twitter Revolution was a Duck”!

