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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/05/Twitter_and_the_Iranian_Democracy_Uprising

Protesters in Iran have been leveraging social media to broadcast their plight since sharp dissent erupted back in June 2009 after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In this clip, Al Jazeera's Riyaad Minty attempts to add context to the deluge of tweets streaming out of Iran.

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In another popular session from the 2009 Media 140 conference about the impact of social media sites on journalism, panelists considered an event that highlighted the growing power of social media to shape the news: the pro-democracy uprising in Iran. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Riyaad Minty grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the age of 19, he when he founded his first mobile technology company. During its first year, the company brokered deals with various blue chip companies from every continent.

In 2006 Minty joined the Al Jazeera Network, where he currently works as part of the New Media team, specialising in mobile and social media.

He values a strong sense of community and is regularly asked to present workshops in his home country, South Africa.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Is_Democracy_Not_For_Everyone

In this panel debate, Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Wesley explores how advancements in communication technologies have facilitated the spread of global democracy. "Fatalism is dead," he says. "Democracy is here as a consciousness."

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Winston Churchill famously said that democracy was the worst form of government - except for all the others that have been tried. In western countries like Australia the universal good of democracy is simply assumed. But are we assuming too much?

"Democracy Is Not For Everyone" was the challenging proposition debated at the most recent IQ Squared event, held as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Michael Wesley is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Previously he was Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China.

Between 2007 and 2009, Dr. Wesley was the Editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs and a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS). He has served on the Australian Research Council's College of Experts and the Queensland Art Gallery's Board of Trustees. In April 2008, he was Co-Chair (with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith) of one of the ten issue streams at the Australian government's 2020 Summit and gave the keynote speech at the Summit.

His most recent books are Energy Security in Asia(Routledge, 2007); The Howard Paradox: Australian Diplomacy in Asia 1996-2006 (ABC Books, 2007); and (with Allan Gyngell) Making Australian Foreign Policy, 2nd edition, (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Depuis lélection de Barack Obama, il y a un an, lopposition se fait de plus en plus radicale. Notre correspondant sest rendu dans la très rurale Virginie occidentale, à la recherche des racines du mouvement anti-Obama.

Al Gore, Former Vice President

visit www.charlierose.com to see the whole conversation

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