HW 11:Applying Graff to "Making Global Voices Heard"

After reading “Making Global Voices Heard: An Interview with Rebecca MacKinnon” (Kline and Burstein) the Blog I chose to take a look at the Iranian Blog www.hoder.com. It looks like any typical blog with pictures, archives, large amount of information, and of course at least a dozen posts. Other then comments, the posts are from Hossein Deakhshan and writes very intellectually and in depth about political issues. The most overwhelming topic is the controversy involving Iran developing Nuclear weapons and the United States stance on this issue. Mackinnon’s statements view of this blog still corresponds with as it now exists. She mentions the site has triggered thousands of blogs to pop up in Iran, and on the site there is an entire list, A through Z, of links to other similar blogs. It definitely opens my eyes to another side of the story with Iran that the media would not present. Of course, many will probably disagree with this assertion that Iranians have complete freedom of speech and can truly voice their opinions. MacKinnon mentions that the government has thrown some Iranian bloggers in jail.