1. Internet Usage Under Authoritarian Regimes: Conviviality, Community, Blogging and Online Campaigning in Iran
Aghil Ameripour, Mike Newman, Brian Nicholson
Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
Centre for Development Informatics

2. Research Overview Ivan Illich “Tools for Conviviality”
How does the Internet contribute to the accomplishment of conviviality in Iran?
Virtual ethnography / interviews with bloggers: 2 campaigns (stop stoning, million signature feminist campaign)

3. Research Findings
The state – by mediating the relation between virtual and real social spaces – will significantly determine the transferability of conviviality between the two

4. Further Information
Papers in progress: CDI working paper, ICIS Cross Culture Special Interest group, ESRC bid, JIT paper in progress