All social media sites are covering this breaking story: TWITTER HAS BEEN HACKED.(maybe it was only a DNS attack, but no one is sure at this point. Most headlines are reading “HACKED”) By whom? A group who calls themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army” (evidently you can e-mail them at iranian.cyber.army@gmail.com (gmail, really?) (screenshot of http://www.mowjcamp.org/,…
Social Media Club asked their 15th question this week keeping in mind the protests regarding the Iran Election. #SMCQ15 How do you know who to trust within the social media environment? Listen to the Question of the Week Podcast to hear to the discussion. Here are my thoughts on the matter: I have been watching…
I recently completing a paper on the use of social media as a backchannel in natural disasters and political action (to be posted later), and I finished reading Howard Rheingold’s Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution. My timing, unfortunately, couldn’t have been set up better. Footage of the current protests surrounding the Iran Election are…
