Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age

Yahya R. Kamalipour is professor of mass and international communication, head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, and Director of Center for Global Studies, Purdue University in Indiana.

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 PART I: GLOBAL MEDIA DIMENSIONS Chapter 4 The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Coverage ofCNN and Al-Jazeera English Websites Chapter 5 The Canadian Media-Framing of the 2009 IranianPresidential Election Chapter 6 The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election in the Polish Media Chapter 7 Newspaper Coverage of the 2009 Iranian PresidentialElection in Turkey Chapter 8 A Comparative Analysis of the Egyptian and IranianPresidential Elections Media Coverage Chapter 9 The Presidential Election in Iran 2009: Pre- and PostelectionNews Coverage in the German Press Chapter 10 How the Mass Media Defined Iran's Destiny: An GeneralOverview of the Role of Media Outlets in Iran's June 2009Presidential Election Chapter 11 Televised Presidential Election Debates: A Brief ComparativeAnalysis of the American and Iranian Debates Part 12 PART II: NEW MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKINGDIMENSIONS Chapter 13 What's That Chirping I Hear? The CNN Effect to the Twitter Effect Chapter 14 Bullets with Butterfly Wings: Tweets, Protest Networks, and the Iranian Election Chapter 15 Graphic Content: The Semiotics of a YouTube Uprising Chapter 16 The Role and Impact of New Information Technology (NIT)Applications in Disseminating News about the Recent Iran Presidential Election and Uprisings Chapter 17 The Role of E-diplomacy in Iranian and Xinjiang Riots Part 18 PART III: IDEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL DIMENSIONS Chapter 19 Khameni's Group against Khomeini Followers Chapter 20 Silencing Iran's Twitterati: How U.S. Sanctions Muzzle Iran's Online Opposition Chapter 21 Legal Opinion as Political Action: The Significance of Ayatollah Montazeri's Postelection Fatwa in Delegitimizing the Islamic Republic of Iran Chapter 22 Televising the "Velvet Revolution": Show Trials in the Aftermath of Iran's Tenth Presidential Election Chapter 23 The Ramadan Controversy: Dilemmas in Mediating between Cultures through the Study of Dutch and Iranian Media Discourses in the Post-Iranian Uprising Part 24 PART IV: CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION DIMENSIONS Chapter 25 Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, More Powerful Than a Locomotive: Mutual Instrumentalization of Culture, Cinema, and Media by Iran and the United States Chapter 26 Social Networking Media and the Revolution That Wasn't:A Realistic Assessment of the Revolutionary Situation in Iran Chapter 27 Are We Neda? The Iranian Women, the Election, and International Media Chapter 28 Symbols, Signs, and Slogans of the Demonstrations in Iran Chapter 29 Friend or Foe? The Challenges and Tribulations of Iranian Reporters Working for Western Media Chapter 30 The Nondiminishing Role of Traditional Media in theCoverage of the 2009 Iranian Presidential Election:The New York Times versus the New Media