The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania highlights the Iran Media Program report Facing Boundaries, Finding Freedom: An In-Depth Report on Iranian Journalists Working in Iran. Despite significant restraints that can include arrests, detentions, and imprisonment, Iranian…
Read MoreDespite extensive documentation of and attention to direct state pressure on journalists and the almost continual reissuing of “red lines” as a pretense for these media-repressive tactics, little systematic research has been done about the field of journalism in Iran….
Read MoreAs part of the Iran Media Program and ASL19‘s continuing coverage of media policy in Iran, musician Shahin Najafi sat down with ASL19 for an interview about music and censorship in Iran. [Crossposted with permission and thanks to the Iran…
Read More// CGCS Media Wire in association with the Iran Media Program provide a look into Persian Cyberspace’s mixed reactions to human rights activist and lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s recent hunger strike as well as the impacts of Hurricane Sandy through social…
Read More//Crossposted with thanks and permission from the CGCS Iran Media Program The Islamic Republic of Iran has recently chosen an odd way to demonstrate an understanding of cinema, the arts, and culture. In a week when Iranian cinema has taken…
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