Iranians Will Likely Rely More On New Media If Conditions Do Not Improve, Says Expert

Setareh Derakhshesh, a news anchor of Voice of America’s Persian News Network, says that Iranian people will continue to rely more on new media if the Iranian government continues to crack down on main-stream dissent (0:13)
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RNC candidates discuss their tech. savviness

During a debate, the RNC chairman candidates were asked if they had Twitter, and if so, how many followers they had. Michael Steele and Katon Dawson replied that they have around 300-400 followers and Saul Anuziz claimed that he had just under 3,000. Ken Blackwell responded that he used twitter, but also noted he had an impressive 4,000 friends on Facebook. Mike Duncan explained that he did not have a twitter account himself, but understood how to use the website (1:05).


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Future campaigns will rely heavily on mobile applications

Director in the Online Services Division of DCI Group and former Deputy eCampaign Director for Rudy Giuliani says that future campaigns will rely heavily on mobile technologies like Twitter and Qik to reach voters (0:35).
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