mohammad ali talebi; khalil mirzaee; mohammad sadegh mahdavi
Abstract
The media along with modern technologies have been influential in the transformation of the cultural and social characteristics of a society. In this regard, humor and irony on general and jokes as a part of sub-culture may be effective in the process of social change. In the light of the extension of ...
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The media along with modern technologies have been influential in the transformation of the cultural and social characteristics of a society. In this regard, humor and irony on general and jokes as a part of sub-culture may be effective in the process of social change. In the light of the extension of virtual space and various messengers including telegram, this space, with respect to its potentials, has created remarkable communications and mutual interactions between social context and its output. Restriction policies of virtual space and the use of symbolic violence has led to some changes in the action of telling-jokes. The present article, is based on a descriptive-analytical approach and uses a combined research methodology. Hence, in quantitative section, experts have analyzed explorative factors among the samples. In qualitative section, netnographic method has been used to compare different jokes in virtual space before and after the telegram filtering. Finally, the jokes has been analyzed using Raymond Boudon’s metatheory and Pierre Bourdieu’s symbolic violence. The results of the present study suggest that the filtering of telegram not only did not reduce the jokes intensity and effectiveness, but resulted in the enhancement of black jokes especially associated with sex category andthe reduction of the white jokes aiming at mere laughter. Furthermore, communicative and access challenges contributed to the change of jokes from pictorial to written form.
Ali Sa’d
Abstract
At the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century the number of the users of internet increased quickly and the governments started actions to organize this sphere and guarantee its security. In this regard the way the governments made limitations and filters has raised criticism. While some ...
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At the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century the number of the users of internet increased quickly and the governments started actions to organize this sphere and guarantee its security. In this regard the way the governments made limitations and filters has raised criticism. While some consider filtering as opposing to the concept of freedom of speech, others see unlimited freedom in the uncontrolled internet space harmful. Some other, while accepting the concept of minimal filtering, criticize vast filtering policies. An issue that is growing mostly in developing countries is filtering based on political agendas, ideas of specific individuals and the interests of specific groups. This paper is looking for the answer to the following question: are the current filtering policies effective? Performing a secondary analysis of 9 research articles, I have tried to address the harms of different ways of filtering and explore the negative results of intensive filtering practices. The results of this study show to what extent the filtering policies are effective and what policies can be productive and effective in this regard.
