A STUDY OF WESTERN MEDIA WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

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Journal: SOFT POWER STUDIES Year:2011 | Volume:1 | Issue:1 Page(s): 63-92

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A STUDY OF WESTERN MEDIA WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

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BBCQ2

PERSIAN WEBSITEQ3

REPRESENTATIONQ2

1388 ELECTIONSQ3

IRANQ2

Abstract

Mass media has the power to influence the people, and therefore one of their main functions is to shape public opinion. The same symbolic power is misused by the authorities in the international system (media imperialism) in special circumstances. In such circumstances media, as a tool in the hands of the hegemonic system, is used to change public opinion to serve the interests of the hegemonic system by manipulating symbols and realities and biasing reports and news. The IRANian presidential election in 1388 (the IRANian solar calendar) and the ensuing events gave the western media imperialism grounds for a full-scale psychological and political invasion which lasted for a long time.The present study deals with the BBC website news programs about the 11th round of presidential elections in IRAN, and uses the content analysis method for this purpose. It aims to illustrate and analyze one of the major methods of influencing the audience, i.e. media REPRESENTATION, by concentrating on news process models, preparing and arranging news in BBC, particularly BBC website, and how this website broadcast news. The statistical population includes the news programs about IRAN on the BBC PERSIAN WEBSITE in the first six month of 1388. The statistical sample includes 300 pieces of news related to the election and the events before and after the election in a period of six month, which are coded separately.The results of the study show that the main focus of the BBC PERSIAN WEBSITE was the news values of “reputation” and “confrontation”, or a combination of the two. In representing the 1388 IRANian election, BBC focused on marginal issues, mainly negative ones, and tried to represent the political climate of IRAN negatively. It disregarded the principles of journalism, such as “impartiality”, in the preparation and broadcast of news, and represented the events in its own framework of news and propaganda against IRAN; it was biased against IRAN in 66% of its news. BBC made a great attempt to represent an unreal image of the political arena in IRAN and induce a feeling of “crisis”, “riot”, “political instability” and “civil disobedience” in the audience about IRAN, both inside the country and around the world.

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ABDOLLAHI NEJAD, ALIREZA. (2011). A STUDY OF WESTERN MEDIA WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. SOFT POWER STUDIES, 1(1), 63-92. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/221972/en

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ABDOLLAHI NEJAD ALIREZA. A STUDY OF WESTERN MEDIA WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. SOFT POWER STUDIES[Internet]. 2011;1(1):63-92. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/221972/en

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ALIREZA ABDOLLAHI NEJAD, “A STUDY OF WESTERN MEDIA WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN,” SOFT POWER STUDIES, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 63–92, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/221972/en

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