Blogs, cyber-literature and virtual culture in Iran / Nima Mina. Garmisch-Partenkirchen : George C. Marshall Europ. Center for Security Studies, 2007 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2007
Content
Collective Blogs as a Grass Roots Exercise in Political Pluralism
Media Restrictions as a Trigger for Independent Cyber Journalism
The Discovery of Blogs by Populist Politicians
The Conservative Campaign for Ideological Homogenization of Media
The Systematic Expansion of the State’s Media Control of the Internet
Internet Filtering as a Tool in the Islamic Republic’s Internal Rivalries
International Campaigns against Internet Censorship in Iran
The Judiciary against Bloggers
State Security Organizations against Secular Intellectuals
Shiite Religious Authorities Discover the Internet
The Increasing Popularity of Religious Blogs
Reform-Theologians on the Internet
The Internet as an Alternative Space for the Enrichment of Iranian Civil Society
Cyber Journalism from Exile – About Ebrahim Nabavi
The “Functional Expansion” of the Internet and Blogs in Iran
Observations about Persian Blog Language
The Functional Expansion of Persian Blogs and What Can Be Expected from Them
Conclusion