Blogging in Iran is more popular than anywhere else in the world!
I recently read an article about the number if bloggers in Iran. it seems that blogging is very popular there, surprisingly,statistics show that blogging in Iran is even more popular than anywhere else in the world!
But is the massive number of bloggers a real surprise? As young Iranians desperately need to find a way to raise their voice, blogs seem to serve their purpose pretty well as blogging is boundless and global.
Contrasted to Western countries that blogging is primarily for fun and for sharing knowledge, information, comments etc. in Iran it is a medium (probably one of very few) for free speech and for standing up on their beliefs, and having the chance to debate over crucial issues that concern the country.
The result of blogging in Iran is shocking: Bloggers have been jailed, in a desperate act by the government to suppress the medium for free speech.
A long time ago i stumbled across a blog from Iran. The owner was an Iranian woman who was getting beaten from her husband. Through her blog she found some sort of relief, because she met women that were in similar situations. Not to mention that she got rid of all that psychological load of hers!
That’s an amazing story and to be honest I wasn’t aware about the excessive number of blogs in Iran. But I guess their creation is due to self-evident reasons. People are supressed and try to find ways to express their views and feelings or whatever they want to share with others. That part of the story is fine and bloggers in this category contribute to themselves and to others, who happen to be in the same position. Of course, whether we lke it or not, there are also those bloggers, who are members of radical groups and try to attract the youth by writing tempting posts about their beliefs and goals. In a society like this, it’s not very hard to achieve that.