When citizen photojournalism sets the news agenda: Neda Agha Soltan as a Web 2.0 icon of post-election unrest in Iran

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-16

  Mortensen, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

citizen photojournalism; digital activism; ethics; global news media; Iran; media convergence; participatory practices; the eyewitness; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955539718     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766510397936     Document Type: Article

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