Hostile Social Manipulation; A New Strategy for Influencing Public Opinion in the World (Case study of Saudi Arabia actions on Twitter by social network analysis method)

Hassan Bashir; Amir Reza Tamaddon; Amin Mirshekari Soleimani

Volume 8, Issue 32 , January 2023, , Pages 36-1

https://doi.org/10.22054/nms.2022.61502.1229

Abstract
  With the increasing use of new communication technologies, public opinion management tools have also undergone fundamental changes; both in terms of method and theoretical foundations, there have been developments in the field of public opinion management that double the need to review and develop the ...  Read More

Media Diplomacy on Twitter

SeyedReza Naghibulsadat; Fatemeh Oudlajani

Volume 7, Issue 26 , November 2021, , Pages 324-295

https://doi.org/10.22054/nms.2021.49542.903

Abstract
  The purpose of this study is to analyze the content and evaluation of the Twitter of the Iranian and US Foreign Ministers aimed at identifying the "media diplomacy structure of Iranian and American politicians on Twitter."Social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have played a key role ...  Read More

Framing Agricultural Biotechnology in Iranian News Agencies between 2005 and 2017

SeyedehZahra Ojagh

Volume 7, Issue 26 , November 2021, , Pages 358-325

https://doi.org/10.22054/nms.2021.60646.1198

Abstract
  In 2017, the debate over approving the ban on the import of transgenic crops caused increased public debates on the disadvantages or benefits of agricultural biotechnology in Iran. This increased the importance of studying how media coverage and frame agricultural biotechnology news. In this study, the ...  Read More

Searching Iran in Twitter: New technologies and the voice of Iranian diaspora

Zahra Majdizadeا; Hamideh Molaei

Volume 6, Issue 24 , January 2021, , Pages 134-99

https://doi.org/10.22054/nms.2021.44857.786

Abstract
  This study aims to investigate the voice of Iranian Diaspora in Cyberspace. In particular it seeks to explore their concerns regarding their home country, Iran and to explore their role and influence in the formation of Iran-related contents on Twitter. While the formation of Iranian Diaspora was before ...  Read More

Networked Publics in Farsi Twitter; an Analysis of the Twitter Network Clusters

Hamid Abdollahyan; Hossein Kermani

Volume 6, Issue 22 , July 2020, , Pages 70-100

https://doi.org/10.22054/nms.2021.44855.784

Abstract
  This paper examines how the networked publics on Twitter are taking shape in Iran. While Twitter's role in political events has increased, the systematic study on this issue has not grown as expected. Accordingly, considering the importance of Twitter in Iran as well as the role of networking publics ...  Read More

Facebook and Voting Behavior: an Analytical Approach to Iran’s Presidential Election in 2013

Mohammad Rezaei; Maryam Pooraskari

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2016, , Pages 1-32

https://doi.org/10.22054/cs.2017.7003

Abstract
  This study tries to examine the relations between using Facebook and people’s voting behavior in Iran’s presidential election in 2013. Taking a qualitative approach, we used virtual ethnography and observation techniques, as well as in-depth interviews to gather the research data and we used ...  Read More

The Relation Between ICTs and Social Capital

Mohammad Hossein Panahi; Hossein Panahi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , October 2015, , Pages 1-42

https://doi.org/10.22054/cs.2015.4592

Abstract
  Social capital, which is formed by the network of relationships among human beings, plays a major role in our lives. One of the factors that may affect social capital is how and how much we use information and communication technologies (ICTs). This study investigates how ICT consumption is related to ...  Read More