Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr Social media is clearly playing a crucial role as a communication and networking platform in the protests in Iran over the election results. Much of the media attention has focused on the role of Twitter, with even talk of a Twitter Revolution taking place in Iran. There is no doubt that Twitter has emerged as a powerful tool, used by protesters to organise, report

I was at a lively panel discussion entitled Iran’s Generation Next: Sex, Blogs and Social Change on Wednesday evening organised by the New Windows Society in Vancouver. The main speaker was journalist, author and UBC adjunct professor Deborah Campbell, who talked about how Iran is changing. Also on the panel was Bob Hackett, SFU School of Communication, who discussed the media and democracy. For my part, I set the scene