Iranian men in headscarf
The Iranian anti-government movement took an innovative step that revealed the capabilities and potentials of new media in social mobilization. This new phase of movement began with Iranian men posting pictures of themselves on social networks such as Facebook wearing women’s headscarves as a political statement after the arrest of a student [...]
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Men with the women headscarves on facebook
by Mehdi Jalali on December 17th, 2009 | Deep Thoughts & Musings
To Blog or Not to Blog: Is Blogging Inducing Anxiety in Academia?
by Maya Paley on November 16th, 2009 | Content, Deep Thoughts & Musings, News, Technology
With the Internet containing more and more of our personal information, we have inevitably become more concerned about those details spilling out to the public, and by “public” we really mean potential employers. This is the obvious worry when it comes to forums like facebook and google searches. But then [...]
Here comes the sound
by renee on September 30th, 2009 | Deep Thoughts & Musings, News
these are the photos taken by one of my fellows on the campus of my university in Shanghai. This campus has been transpositioned and going to be taken over by the municipal government; therefore, it is moving to a coastal town in a larger scale, which is great for the development of the school. however, all these oldy but goody pieces recall my sense of nostalgia. I hereby record it as the inception of my journey with this space, an excellent segue from past to the brand new future. Alas!


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