Andy Carvin's iPhone
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content: National Public Radio reporter Andy Carvin used this iPhone 3GS to monitor stories on Twitter during the Arab Spring movement in the winter of 2011. Twitter and social media became a large source of news during the movement as users on the ground in the Middle East relayed news and real-time events, and reporters like Andy strove <a href="https://storify.com/acarvin/new-story-2">to distill the truth from the rumors</a>. The spread of communication technology like the iPhone allowed instantaneous mobile contact, allowing Carvin to use Twitter as a tool to create an online community of volunteers who served as sources, translators and researchers. Heavily used, the phone has a cracked screen and multiple stickers on the back.
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content: American Enterprise
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Andy Carvin
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0213.01
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content: 2013.0213.01
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content: 2013.0213
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content: phone
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 11/16 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.74625 cm