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The Iranian green movement of 2009 : reverberating echoes of resistance /

This book studies the political communications of the Iranian Green Movement of 2009, linking the events both to the revolution of 1979 and the protests of 2017-2018 to explore the conditions that contributed to the demise of the movement. Data is drawn from YouTube videos and analyzed through criti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karimi, Maral, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
YouTube (Electronic resource)
Protest movements > Iran > History > 21st century.
Iran > History > Election protests, 2009.
Iran > Politics and government > 1997-
Iran > Politics and government > 1979-1997.
Communication in politics > Iran > History.
Social media > Iran > History.
Discourse analysis.
Table of Contents:
  • The green movement
  • Historicizing the green movement
  • The green movement through a conceptual lens : structuration, social action and the public sphere
  • The research methodology and design
  • Participating social actors of the green movement
  • Analysis of the public discourse of the green movement
  • Analysis of the public discourse of Ayatollah Khomeini
  • The impact and implications of speech
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Video transcriptions of the green movement
  • Appendix B. Summary of Ayatollah Khomeini's claims.