http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/iran-rooftop-diaries.html Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:44:38 +0000 While media attention on Iran has dwindled as popular protests have been suppressed, social media has continued to maintain a picture into what is happening in the country. The Iran Rooftop Project blog posts videos every night of the protests that continue from the roof tops of homes in Tehran. In reaction to the recent election results, every night people shout and scream Allah-o-Akbar which literally means ‘god is great’ but also is the recognized cry for freedom. The site explains its motivations: One of the most compelling elements of the continued uprising in Iran has been when each nightRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/pic-neda-face-of-iranelection.html Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:31:03 +0000 A young female student was shot on a protest march in Tehran last Saturday. In a civil movement without any real leadership, this photo and one of her face covered in blood and video of her death has spread across the web as iconic imagery that symbolizes young Iranians’ struggles. Here is the saddening video of her death on Karekar Avenue:     Side note: As we researched the imagery for this post, we noticed how during the Iran Crisis, Flickr seems to be being used as a blogging platform and not just an image sharing service. Iranians are uploadingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/iranelection-and-the-death-of-news-as-we-knew-it.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:27:02 +0000 People are sharing bit.ly briefened links to video taken and uploaded minutes before and other protesters in Tehran hold their phones up high to record and share their activity with Iran and the outside world. The developments in the use of the web to share, access, edit and discuss information about the crisis in Iran show just how modern news organizations are failing to deliver news in the way the public want to seek it. Iranians and observers abroad are using right this minute Twitter, blogs, Flickr and YouTube to share information about what is happening within Iran at aRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/iran-crisis-points-to-future-of-news-gathering.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:09:00 +0000 Although it’s not really PSFK’s place to discuss whether a bunch of students (and technology) could or should create massive regime change in Iran, the crisis situation provides another example of how news gathering is changing to a scenario where local news content can be accessed directly by readers and publishers in near real-time. While the authorities in Iran are trying to hamper news and information dissemination (by even blocking SMS and even a satellite!), digital social media is providing opportunities both for people at the protests in Tehran to share their reports and for people around the world toRead more...]]>