Media as a Generational Object: Investigating the Role of Media Consumption on Generational Identity

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KANANI MOHAMMAD AMIN; Mousavi Dizkuhi Seyed Hashim; Beigzadeh Zahra

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Journal: STRATEGIC RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN IRAN Year:2019 | Volume:8 | Issue:3 (26) Page(s): 9-10

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Media as a Generational Object: Investigating the Role of Media Consumption on Generational Identity

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KANANI MOHAMMAD AMIN | Mousavi Dizkuhi Seyed Hashim | Beigzadeh Zahra | Issue Writer Certificate

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Introduction: Generational object is a phenomenon related to the epistemic system of generations which differs from one generation to another due to rapid changes and fresh contacts of each generation to emerging phenomena. The introduction and expansion of mass and social media in the recent history of the country and how various social groups have dealt with it, along with the restrictions imposed on these technologies by the state, have been such that the emergence of the media has become a form of historical fact and remained in the memory of those generations. So, these facts can be considered as one of the most important events that, as Mannheim puts it as the "fresh contact" with new objects for generations in which periods were continually entering the cultural stream of society, and it can be claimed that each of these media are generational objects. Although Mannheim has spoken of socio-historical events as a generational object, he refuses to empirically identify them. Christopher Bollas frequently refers to instances of generational objects and considers generations to be a set of human beings that share generational objects. In his view, these objects are explainers of the individual's generation, and remembering them generates a sense of his generation in his mind. Bollas begins his essay by mentioning some of the famous authors' biographies and mentions Kim Newman's generational object as "television and later horror videos and movies". Therefore, he is one of the first who introduces the media as a generational object. In the sociology of media, recently, the concept of generation has been widely discussed, with some scholars discussing the approach of the media generation. For these researchers, generational identity formation is linked to media technologies at two levels: First, media experience in the years of identity formation through media consumption culture; second, representations made through media produced works help to define a particular generation's identity and sense of belonging to a particular generation. The purpose of the present study is to describe and explain the intergenerational differences in media use and to investigate whether media can be considered as an object for different generations. To this end, by the use of Mannheim and Bollas's theories, as well as the theory of use and gratification, and the theory of displacement and complementarity effects of media, it is explained whether there is a difference between generations in terms of media consumption...

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KANANI, MOHAMMAD AMIN, Mousavi Dizkuhi, Seyed Hashim, & Beigzadeh, Zahra. (2019). Media as a Generational Object: Investigating the Role of Media Consumption on Generational Identity. STRATEGIC RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN IRAN, 8(3 (26) ), 9-10. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/371662/en

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KANANI MOHAMMAD AMIN, Mousavi Dizkuhi Seyed Hashim, Beigzadeh Zahra. Media as a Generational Object: Investigating the Role of Media Consumption on Generational Identity. STRATEGIC RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN IRAN[Internet]. 2019;8(3 (26) ):9-10. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/371662/en

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MOHAMMAD AMIN KANANI, Seyed Hashim Mousavi Dizkuhi, and Zahra Beigzadeh, “Media as a Generational Object: Investigating the Role of Media Consumption on Generational Identity,” STRATEGIC RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN IRAN, vol. 8, no. 3 (26) , pp. 9–10, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/371662/en

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