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More remarkable than the election protests in Theran in June 2009 was the embrace of a popular myth that those demonstrations were the result of a novel microblogging platform named Twitter. This unit examines the technology, hype, psychology and history of "The Twitter Revolution."
Holtz, Shel, Havens, John C., and Johnson, Lynne D. "Profile and Privacy: Transparency in Social Networks." In Tactical Transparency: How Leaders Can Leverage Social Media to Maximize Value and Build their Brand. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2008. ISBN: 9780470293706. [Preview a version of this book in Google Books.]
Starr, Amory. "Be the Media: Independent Media Centers." In Global Revolt: A Guide to the Movements Against Globalization. London, UK: Zed Books, 2005. ISBN: 9781842774830. [Preview a version of this book in Google Books.]
The Iranian Election on Twitter: The First Eighteen Days, Web Ecology Project. (Researching quantized social interaction)
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