4 Minute Roundup: Special Iran Election Edition

Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's special edition, I look at the way that social media have played a vital role in the breaking news happening in Iran after their contested presidential election. Though the government has cracked down on the opposition, censored the media and blocked websites and even text messaging, the news has continued to spread on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. And when CNN was seen as lax in coverage of Iran last weekend, the #CNNFail meme sprouted up on Twitter and they paid attention, increasing coverage the next day.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n\n\n

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\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network\n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"#IranElection hashtag on Twitter\":http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23IranElection\n\n\"#CNNfail hashtag on Twitter\":http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23CNNFail\n\n\"Iran Election Live-Blogging on Sunday\":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_215449.html at Huffington Post\n\n\"Tehran Bureau\":http://tehranbureau.com/ independent website on Iranian news\n\n\"@persiankiwi on Twitter\":http://twitter.com/persiankiwi\n\n\"@IranElection09 on Twitter\":http://twitter.com/IranElection09\n\n\"#CNNFail: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence\":http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10264398-2.html at News.com\n\n\"The Revolution Will Be Twittered\":http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/the-revolution-will-be-twittered-1.html by Andrew Sullivan\n\n\"Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran\":http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dear_cnn_please_check_twitter_for_news_about_iran.php at ReadWriteWeb\n\n\"Cyberwar guide for Iran elections\":http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/cyberwar-guide-for-i.html at BoingBoing\n\n\"Iran Protest Videos on June 16, 2009\":http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7A80EC9F4C083901 on YouTube\n\nHere's a graphical view of last week's MediaShift survey results. The question was \"What do you think about WSJ's social media guidelines?\"\n\n

\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about which websites you trust most for news about Iran.\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.