Ali Entezari
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In this article inconveniences between virtual space (VS) and real space (RS) and its probable damages have been theoretically investigated. The main aim is to analyze effects of accustoming to virtual space mechanisms and rules of creation of consciousness and perception has on the relationship and ...
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In this article inconveniences between virtual space (VS) and real space (RS) and its probable damages have been theoretically investigated. The main aim is to analyze effects of accustoming to virtual space mechanisms and rules of creation of consciousness and perception has on the relationship and interactions in the real world. Mead’s “generalized others”, Habermas’s “communicational action” and Beck’s “risk society” has been reviewed in order to articulate the theoretical basis of the concept of “distressed communication”. It seems being drowned in virtual space and creation of virtual consciousness beside accustoming to rules and norms of virtual space has been conducted to some understanding disorders within real space. “Distressed communication” is more realized than “rational communication” in the era of hegemony of social media; the phenomenon that has resulted many damages on individual and group relationships. the problematic in here is just acting within the real on the basis and logic of virtual space. Computational error in sending message and meaningful action, being shocked by others’ reactions, expressing far desires as short-run aims are some of conceptual components of “distressed communication”. Besides holding contradictive statements, casual relationships, weakness in permanence of expressive identity, harmful and violent language are some of other components.
The article should not be reckoned as nor pessimistic and neither optimistic toward virtual space. The main problematic of this article was how participants of unrest events at almost end of 2022 in Iran were very confident for overthrowing the political state, while acting as funny and fake revolutionaries. It seemed being drowned in virtual space such as acting in social media and playing virtual games have made them to believe in the logic of virtual space could be applied in the real space. Suffering from lack of rationality of acts, that this kind of transferring would have brought about for them is one of the reasons of necessity of explaining this situation. In order to access to an applicable concept, Meads “generalized others” specially the concepts related to “putting oneself in other shoes” and “definition of situation” were very close in order to explain the main problem of communication in the real world. It seems the actors who had experiencing drowning in the virtual space who we can name them “Actors Drowned in Virtual Space” or “ADVS” while have improved their ability to communicate in the virtual space (VS), have lost the logic of interaction in the real space (RS).
Tensions between RS and VS has brought about a condition that Habermas “theory of action” specially “communicational reason” is far to be stabilized. More often this kind of tensions have resulted in irrational communication. Although the main target of Habermas was to describe the “reason” instead of “communication”, but it seems the reason is being ruined under this kind of tensions. Therefore according to the tensions between VS and RS, both “instrumental reason” as Weber suggested and “communicative reason” as Habermas suggests are far from reality of the current relationships. Within VS by governance mechanisms of the platform of social media besides the latent armies such as different group of oppositions whom partially were recently disgraced in Albania and the cost and benfits of having more followers in order to reflect more ads, talking about reason is more ironic than philosophical sophistaction.
At the margin of the article Haberms, Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Zymunt Bauman task in order to theorize globalization and late modernity has been verified. Their commitment in order to find a refuge for modernity through the concepts of “communicational reason”, risk society, liquid modernity are mostly fantasies of the real events of the world. Since the theory and concept of globalization has been challenged by the concept of “polarization” and multipolar world by Entezari (2010) suggested, while some of Iranian scholars were very resistant to it, so many articles and books have been written in order to unveil the ideological context of defending modernity (for example: Dugin 2021؛ Abbas 2022؛ Amin 2006؛ Clegg 2009؛ Deitz et al 2009؛ Plagemann 2015؛ Dee 2015؛ Mitchell et al 2013؛ Stahl 2018؛ Woodley 2015؛ Hiro 2010؛ The Saker 2015؛ Singh 2020؛ Ohanyan & Broeers 2020؛ Hussain 2016؛ Diesen 2012؛ Engel & Ramos 2013؛ Cimbala 2017؛ Lesage et al 2016؛ Silvius 2016؛ Mori 2020). Under the polarization theoretical framework, the concept of “distressed communication” instead of “rational communication” could be better explained.
reza kamari; Abbas Assadi; Amir Hesam Eshaghi
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Social networks (mobile platforms) are a pervasive and informal communication network, so it is a good platform for the production and dissemination of significant rumors that have many negative effects on society. Understanding the causes and how this anomalous phenomenon of virtual communication is ...
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Social networks (mobile platforms) are a pervasive and informal communication network, so it is a good platform for the production and dissemination of significant rumors that have many negative effects on society. Understanding the causes and how this anomalous phenomenon of virtual communication is formed and spread is effective in reducing and controlling it.Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying common forms of rumor and its discourse in cyberspace. The research method is qualitative and thematic analysis. The statistical population of recent studies and research in the field of rumors and cyberspace is that after analyzing 30 scientific data (article, dissertation and research project), the results showed: In relation to discourse and format, three main components: discourse structure - format and The context in the production of rumors are often the same and the results are as follows: Content that is changeable, believable, slang, unsubstantiated and unscientific, vague, ambiguous and exaggerated, fiery discourse and indoctrination, truth-seeking, critical, libertarian, human rights, emotional and predictive, as well as specific, social issues - Civil, political and security issues related to "common forms and types of gossip discourse in cyber space" were extracted.
SeyedHesam Gheblezade; SeyedAlireza Afshani; Hossein Eslami
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Rumor and its impact on human social life have always been important. In recent years, with the expansion of cyberspace, the conditions for spreading rumors have been facilitated. This study has analyzed the narrative of the Yazdian youth from the prevalence of rumors in cyberspace. This study was qualitative ...
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Rumor and its impact on human social life have always been important. In recent years, with the expansion of cyberspace, the conditions for spreading rumors have been facilitated. This study has analyzed the narrative of the Yazdian youth from the prevalence of rumors in cyberspace. This study was qualitative research and performed according to grounded theory. The participants were the youth of Yazd, 24 of them were purposefully selected and studied through interviews, and open, axial, and selective coding was used to analyze them. Based on interviews with young people, 43 concepts, 20 first categories, 14-second categories, 5 core categories (rumor prevalence, rumor belief, rumor credibility, rumor enhancement, and rumor attenuation), and the phenomenon of "The razor's edge of the news malfunction in cyberspace" is constructed. It turned out that shows paradoxical space and so-called two edges of function and malfunction information in cyberspace. The results showed the negative view of young people on cyberspace and news published in this context, and the best way to reduce the impact of rumors and their dissemination is to inform and promote media literacy of the audience.
hasan momeni; Marjan Albehbahani
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The desirable and harmful effects of cyberspace on different aspects of life especially education and schooling have always been a subject of debate. Thus, the main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of lifestyle influenced by cyberspace on academic engagement of students. The statistical ...
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The desirable and harmful effects of cyberspace on different aspects of life especially education and schooling have always been a subject of debate. Thus, the main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of lifestyle influenced by cyberspace on academic engagement of students. The statistical population consisted of high school students (junior and senior) of the city of Dehloran (Ilam Province, Iran) in the academic year 2018-19., 360 of whom were selected as the sample through cluster random sampling. The necessary data were collected by two standard questionnaires, i.e., Reev’s (2013) student engagement questionnaire and Taheri’s (2014) questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha was used to measure the reliability of both questionnaires (α = 0.88). The correlation coefficients showed that there is a significant negative relationship between lifestyle influenced by cyberspace and academic engagement (r=-0.39, p≤0.001). Analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS also indicated that the lifestyle influenced by cyberspace variable and its six dimensions (knowledge acquisition, communication, identity, services, enjoyment seeking, and outcome) were able to predict 51% (R2=0.51) of the variance in the academic engagement variable (β= -0.53 and p≤0.00). The results showed that lifestyle influenced by cyberspace had a negative effect on academic performance of students. Therefore, it was concluded that such lifestyle needs to be modified with a view to attain maximum benefits and minimum costs.
Alireza Hosseini Pakdehi; mahya baharyan
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New communication technologies with the potential to create change in social communication, has become the most important element of social change in the modern age. Social media has been able to create virtual social networks consisting of different users, users with their activities networks, can legally ...
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New communication technologies with the potential to create change in social communication, has become the most important element of social change in the modern age. Social media has been able to create virtual social networks consisting of different users, users with their activities networks, can legally reproduce social action. The purpose of this study is to investigate those actions that contain socially violent themes, and therefore the purpose of about 3,000 socially violent tweets published over a period of one year, the second half of 1998 and the first half of 1999 on the network Twitter social was achieved through contact, content analysis, and the goals and motivations for republishing users' virtual social violence. The purpose of republishing their social protests is to examine 9 general themes. Users publish their social protests on topics that include violence against the constitution, the guardianship of the constitution, officials and managers of the Islamic Republic, the manner of administering justice, public media activities, religiosity, virtual actions in Virtual social networks and finally reading the position of women in society and the demands of women.
Sayed Javad Sharif Shaykh al-Islami; Farhad Nazarizadeh; Ahmad gaeini
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One of the most important issues for policymakers in the field of media is the future of the media. If policymakers and decision-makers in this field do not gain knowledge about the future, they can not have a preconceived notion about the issues and currents assigned to them, so they will always face ...
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One of the most important issues for policymakers in the field of media is the future of the media. If policymakers and decision-makers in this field do not gain knowledge about the future, they can not have a preconceived notion about the issues and currents assigned to them, so they will always face critical situations that make decisions at this time very costly. Be. Social media has a great impact on creating discourse and changing the lifestyle and beliefs of society. Therefore, studying the future, especially social media in the field of cyberspace is very important. In this study, we have tried to study the future trends of social networks and in this direction, using 32 sources selected from 2018 onwards, we have counted the drivers and macro trends and determined the most effective drivers using the opinion of the elites. We do. To do this, we have used two methods of expert panel of Mick Mac software and AHP method using Expert Choice software, the results of both methods show the importance of technological and economic changes. Of all the drivers, technology was identified as the most effective driver in future changes in social networks.
peyman bagherpoor; hossein mousavi; sayed ali mohammad azarbakhsh
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AbstractThe integration and integration of traditional media and the developments and changes of new technologies and media have led to media convergence. Convergence has certainly been one of the most important, yet controversial, concepts in the media industry over the past two decades, so that some ...
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AbstractThe integration and integration of traditional media and the developments and changes of new technologies and media have led to media convergence. Convergence has certainly been one of the most important, yet controversial, concepts in the media industry over the past two decades, so that some theorists of the 21st century are already Convergence is referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution. Therefore, this phenomenon is an ongoing and evolving process that encompasses all areas of the media, including technology, industry, content and audiences. So, in this research, the question is what are the methods of convergence between audio and video and space in content production? The present study was a qualitative study. The research data were categorized through in-depth interviews with 12 experts, collected and after extraction and coding. Finally, in response to the main research question, strategies were presented, which are: 1- Training of media literacy of the audience 2- Changing media functions 3- Removing parasites 4- Different use of both media spaces 5- Interacting with the Audience 6- Changing Strategies 7- Changing Policies through Designing Media, Creating Media Policy, Creating Common Discourse, and Having Specialized Power 8- Enjoying Rich Archives, Social Trust, and Advantage Organizational IoT 9- Convertability and content processing 10- Benefit of image and audio benefits 11- Use of people-generated content 12- Use high diffusion rate in our space Azzi 13. Mvj of use.
Zahra Majdizadeا; Hamideh Molaei
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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 ...
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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 the rise of new Information and Communication Technologies, the rise of the aforementioned technological improvements have had an influential role to make their voice heard in offline and online spheres, in particular in Twitter. Having conducted content analysis, the results of the study showed that Iranian Diaspora play a key role in content creation in online sphere and in particular in Twitter. However, the results also indicated that there is a multi step flow of information in their online network given that their main hubs are only few Iranian Diasporia organizations that are established in the host countries. In addition, the results of analyzing 270 selected tweets from Iranian Diasporas indicates that 'criticizing the situation in Iran", "Covering the news regarding protest and propagating them" and "relatively neutral news and information" were the dominant themes and topics twitted –and re twitted _by them.
Mohammad saeeid zokaei; mohammad taghi karami; Shima FarzadManesh
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Many scholars believe that social media has changed the everyday communication and social structures especially for margin groups like women. This study aims to find how Instagram influences representation of women’s everyday life, and how do women try to represent their everyday life in cyberspace?The ...
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Many scholars believe that social media has changed the everyday communication and social structures especially for margin groups like women. This study aims to find how Instagram influences representation of women’s everyday life, and how do women try to represent their everyday life in cyberspace?The research is based on a phenomenology approach and thematic analysis of the 800 post from 26 Instagrammer’s pages and their comments. This study aims to understand what are the most important themes represented by women about family roles, the body, consumption and satisfaction, by investigation on the connotation of their photos and captions in pages.Results indicates the following types of themes: first: motherhood and ideal home ; subjectivity coupled with power, Second: representation of male-female identities and identity’s paradoxes, third: representation of satisfaction in the family, conspicuous consumption and beauty . Also the results shows that Instagram has identity and leisure function for women.Data analysis shows that they use the cyberspace to challenge reality of public sphere that has caused be living in a paradoxical life world which makes women neither be objects of male dominance as they are in traditional clichés, nor be sovereign subject who is capable to deconstruct gendered patterns. Rather, they simultaneously have degrees of subjectivity and objectivity that empowers them to ignore some degrees of male dominance or to negotiate them, because there are some possibilities in social media and cyberspace like Instageram.
Mojdeh Mahrokhmoghadam; Nasim Majidi ghahroodi; Afsaneh Mozaffari
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AbstractAlong with the development of the societies and its scientific and cultural progress, some of the non-material manifestations, including the rights of individuals, to their claims and various aspects of the exploitation of non-property were also recognized as a kind of property. These include ...
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AbstractAlong with the development of the societies and its scientific and cultural progress, some of the non-material manifestations, including the rights of individuals, to their claims and various aspects of the exploitation of non-property were also recognized as a kind of property. These include intellectual property rights. It has also been challenged by the emergence and expansion of cyberspace, longstanding balance and coexistence of copyrights and public interests. At the moment, because of not joining the Bern Convention, the country's relationship with the international level is disconnected. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the author's rights to establish cultural, economic and ... relations in the international arena. Delphi method was used in this study. The statistical population of this study includes experts, authors, educators and activists in the field of law, communications, and information technology, which also has the ability and expertise in the field of intellectual property. The sample was selected using snowball sampling. Based on the results of this research, the factors affecting intellectual property rights in the field of books and publications in cyberspace were identified in several fields. In fact, four areas of effective intellectual property rights have been identified: media, legal, philosophical and technical. In the end, the proper policy-making of intellectual property rights issues is felt in these four areas.
Batool Gorgin; Ahmad Bagheri
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Title:Media of Cyberspace and family privacy from the perspective of lawAhmad Bagheri(Faculty member, University of Tehran) Batool Gorgin(Doctor of Jurisprudence and Law) Abstract:AbstractThe present study investigates crimes against family rights in modern cyber media. Crimes against family rights in ...
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Title:Media of Cyberspace and family privacy from the perspective of lawAhmad Bagheri(Faculty member, University of Tehran) Batool Gorgin(Doctor of Jurisprudence and Law) Abstract:AbstractThe present study investigates crimes against family rights in modern cyber media. Crimes against family rights in the cyberspace are one of the most debated issues in today's society.There are three 'negative', 'incorrect', and 'sophisticated processes of influencing and influencing cyberspace and the family' from a social point of view in relation to cyberspace media within and outside the family institution. In all three approaches, there are points of view that indicate the importance of the media's impact on ICTs on the family and its internal and external communications. In terms of the governance and management of this media, the third approach is neither purely positive nor pragmatic, but rather pragmatic; And "Finally, the family is considered as an independent source of formulation of family protection laws in cyberspace." In all three solutions, the current situation and the desired situation are discussed from the perspective of the author.The findings of the study indicate that the family is not considered a legal entity in Iranian jurisprudence and law and that crimes against the family in the cyberspace, like real ones, have been criminalized against family members.
Abdolhosein Kalantari; Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan
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“Social Media” has emerged as new phenomenon in the scope of research and academia since 2005. Using Meta-Analysis (Scientometrics Approach) as a research method, the purpose of this study was to review over the past trends of Research & Development (R&D) in the area of “social ...
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“Social Media” has emerged as new phenomenon in the scope of research and academia since 2005. Using Meta-Analysis (Scientometrics Approach) as a research method, the purpose of this study was to review over the past trends of Research & Development (R&D) in the area of “social Media”.The population of this study was all scientific documents indexed in Web of Science (WoS) databases from 1970 until June 2019 with the keyword of “Social Media” as a subject (all together 40,471 documents with “Social Media” as a subject and 15,038 documents with Social Media” in the Titles). To find out the conceptual transformation, all collected documents have been divided into three categories based on their frequency: 1-from 2005 to 2011, 2- from 2012 to 2015 and 3- from 2016-2019. The “theme analysis” of the documents in this study shows that a significant conceptual transformation can be highlight in R&D from 2005 to 2019 in the area of “Social Media”. in addition, even though US, UK, China and other western countries were the first nations who start R&D in the area of “Social Media”, it was noted that especially after 2015, many new and emerging countries like Malaysia, Qatar, Jordan, U.A.E., Pakistan, Kazakhstan and etc. in the developing countries also came to the picture in establishing international R&D networks to also contribute to the body of knowledge in this area.
maryam pourjamshidi; akbar momeni rad; Afshin Afzali
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The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions of social life of citizens and their impact on cyberspace in Hamadan province. The method of the present study is a mixed-type consecutive exploration design. Qualitative participants included experts in Hamadan province in the field of social ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions of social life of citizens and their impact on cyberspace in Hamadan province. The method of the present study is a mixed-type consecutive exploration design. Qualitative participants included experts in Hamadan province in the field of social issues, among whom 10 were selected as well as theoretical research related literature among which 7 books, 131 articles, and 10 theses were selected purposefully. The study population in the quantitative section includes the citizens of Hamadan province, from which 400 people were selected by stratified random sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used for data collection. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and its construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis. The results were obtained in the qualitative section of 6 categories including social security and health, citizenship awareness, contrasting tradition and modernity, social ethics, social participation, and social responsibility. In the quantitative part, the results also showed that the largest use of cyberspace is in terms of quantity for entertainment and the least is commercial and economic activities. In terms of usage, communication is first and then entertainment, learning, and business activities, respectively. Also, the impact of cyberspace was negative on three categories of social issues including social security and health; citizen awareness; and the contrast between tradition and modernity
mortaza mardiha
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Few spheres of personal, social, political, and even scientific life have not gone under changes after the advance of the Internet and other information and communication technologies. From the massive areas that have been influenced by the cyber world, our attention is drawn to the humanities and social ...
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Few spheres of personal, social, political, and even scientific life have not gone under changes after the advance of the Internet and other information and communication technologies. From the massive areas that have been influenced by the cyber world, our attention is drawn to the humanities and social sciences. The question is, what new conditions social media have created for humanities and social science, and how these conditions have served as a strengthening or weakening factor in the growth and development of these sciences. The range of estimations varies from positive to negative. With the advance of social networks, the vast majority of society, the passive consumer of classical communicational devices, has become the expressive consumer or even the amateur producer. The findings suggest that, In this evolution, two processes of democratization and liberalization of communication and science, as a part of it, have progressed together, with more positive estimates for the first case and more negative for the second one. From an analytical standpoint, we try to corroborate the idea that, as in the real world, these two are going together, although this does not mean to stop trying to increase the benefits nor reduce the defects.
monir roozbehani; Bagher sarokhani; sattar parvin
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Difference and variety are phenomena that have existed since the formation of human societies. In such a situation, Tolerance makes it possible for different individuals and groups to coexist. On the other hand, mass media can exacerbate development and social solidarity by consolidating and deepening ...
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Difference and variety are phenomena that have existed since the formation of human societies. In such a situation, Tolerance makes it possible for different individuals and groups to coexist. On the other hand, mass media can exacerbate development and social solidarity by consolidating and deepening religious, national, cultural and historical links. Therefore, considering the widespread use of virtual social networks, and considering that today, different ethnic groups and groups, regardless of geographical boundaries and physical distances, have been able to connect and expand increasingly diverse communications , this research it tries to explain the interplay of new media and ethnic tolerance among the citizens of Tehran.The findings suggest that independent variables, each independently affect the dependent variable of the research, and in spite of the presence of numerous and diverse ethnic groups, the media can, by creating consensus among different groups, as an important factor in maintaining the dignity of individuals Have an effective role in achieving national unity.
Mostafa Ghaffari Saravi
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The central concern of this paper is to assess the role played by the cyberspace in the construction of decision making frames for voters. The cases studied are the election campaigns in Tehran - Iranian megalopolise and the Capital of Islamic Republic - during the tenth elections for the Majles (parliament). ...
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The central concern of this paper is to assess the role played by the cyberspace in the construction of decision making frames for voters. The cases studied are the election campaigns in Tehran - Iranian megalopolise and the Capital of Islamic Republic - during the tenth elections for the Majles (parliament). In accordance with interpretive approach in social sciences, we have opted for a qualitative method and have used framing theory as a guiding analytical framework that has in many ways modified rational choice theory. We interviewed a number of citizens in Tehran who had taken part in the elections and at the same time were regular internet users during the election campaigns. With the help of thematic analysis, we processed and interpreted the data collected through the semi-structural interviews that we had conducted. Our findings indicate that cyberspace has played a major role in the cognitive, problem-identification, and motivational frames of the voters through social media’s agenda setting, priming, clue giving, and decontextualizing effects, either directly or indirectly through opinion leaders. During those elections, the cyberspace played a candid role at three levels: inciting people to go the polls, leading them to vote for an entire list of candidates put up by political blocs, and reinforcing or modifying support for this or that bloc.
ashraf karimi rahjerdi; Abdolali ghavam; raha kharazi azar; ali geranmayepour
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This research examines the role of mobile-based media in shaping collective wisdom. In this qualitative study, using content analysis approach, the statistical community of university professors and experts were selected through purposeful sampling. A semi-structured, deep-seated interviewing tool that ...
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This research examines the role of mobile-based media in shaping collective wisdom. In this qualitative study, using content analysis approach, the statistical community of university professors and experts were selected through purposeful sampling. A semi-structured, deep-seated interviewing tool that went into saturation. Most collective community members considered collective and participatory decisions based on value system and reference experiences with the ability to recognize and understand the general group of human about common issues, which is the result of the synergy of understanding and recognition of the group in a participatory relationship, and the indicator Such as collective participation based on the collective interest based on collective wisdom with regard to social sensitivity and collective behavior, with regard to reference experiences and value system, and special attention to common culture and language and history, and the generalization of the dialectic of reason and excitement in the community in the direction of social profit And participated in it, and stated that mobile-based media were the cause The low cost, the spread of freedom of expression, the localization of public opinion, and the possibility of spreading public opinion through the direct participation of citizens, and the platform for the reflection of social and economic realities without censorship, without prejudice, and giving equal opportunity to supporters and opponents For commenting, it has been made to take a step towards the formation of a collective wisdom.
kianoosh karimi; Jalal Ghafari Ghadir
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Aim: With the advent of new media and the rise of public literacy, public opinion and persuasion have become more important. According Saroukhani, Persuasion is the final aim of any relationship, whether humanistic or mediastics. Persuasion plays a key role in strengthening global status and attaining ...
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Aim: With the advent of new media and the rise of public literacy, public opinion and persuasion have become more important. According Saroukhani, Persuasion is the final aim of any relationship, whether humanistic or mediastics. Persuasion plays a key role in strengthening global status and attaining strategic goals for any political and economic trends and so on. The present research has tried to achieve a comprehensive approach to persuasion of public opinion in cyberspace using the capabilities of Gamification as a motivational tools.Methods: we have tried by using three consecutive steps consisting of documentary research, Delphi, and in-depth interviews with Gamification and Cyberspace experts, provided a comprehensive model for persuasion of public opinion in cyberspace.Findings: At the first and second steps of the research by using the documentary and Delphi method (in three consecutive rounds), were identified a comprehensive model for influencing public opinion (7 steps) and 13 Gamification capabilities. At the third and final step of the research, based on the results of the first two stages of the study, models were presented for Gamify the stages of influencing public opinion.Conclusion: The seven-step model of influencing public opinion, known as an important tool in the advertising fields, can be used as a basis for persuading public opinion in cyberspace. The use of Gamification technology, which has a strong background in attracting and engaging audiences, ensures the success of the model influences public opinion. Combining Gamification with public opinion persuasion models increases their effectiveness and efficiency.
alireza abdolahinejad; Nooshin Majlesi
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The present study was aimed at examining verbal violence in the comments on popular Iranian Instagram pages. In the initial stage, the official Instagram pages of Iranian celebrities (who lives in Iran) with at least one million followers at the time that the present project was approved were identified. ...
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The present study was aimed at examining verbal violence in the comments on popular Iranian Instagram pages. In the initial stage, the official Instagram pages of Iranian celebrities (who lives in Iran) with at least one million followers at the time that the present project was approved were identified. Then, the followers’ comments were analyzed in terms of verbal violence. In the present study, the Brown and Levinson's politeness theory (1978 & 1987) and the Impoliteness theory by Culpeper (2011) that are focused on the concept of face, and are related to the Goffman's theory of dramaturgy. The qualitative method of thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Finally, analysis of 1500 comments with verbal violence revealed 9 Global themes as follows: Celebrity’s personal and professional life, Welfare, Sexual, Gender, Politics, Religion, Ethnicity and Social concerns. In the next step, a thematic network of the global themes as the main and repeated patterns of the textual data was drawn, and subsequently, two other levels of themes, i.e. the Basic and Organizing themes were categorized, described, and analyzed in 9 tables.
mahdokht borojerdi; seyed hassan ilali
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Abstract Social networks are an important factor for social changes and appropriate tool for culture making. Virtual communication facilitates the political, social, and cultural relations of users by establishing communication autonomy from mainstream media and consequently, it causes more flexibility ...
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Abstract Social networks are an important factor for social changes and appropriate tool for culture making. Virtual communication facilitates the political, social, and cultural relations of users by establishing communication autonomy from mainstream media and consequently, it causes more flexibility and cultural adaptation of communication. These networks, due to the diversity and variety, provide requirements for improving the user's media literacy as a smart citizen. This qualitative research was carried out with the aim of investigating the impacts and consequences of the Iranian virtual life with the thematic analysis method. The research findings were obtained with documentary studies and by interviewing 25 people from experts and active users. At first the purposive or judgment sampling was used and then snowball sampling method was used. The MAXQDA software was used to draw thematic network model. Impacts of Iranians virtual life are communication capability, collective self-sufficiency, and online social and political reform, formation and strengthening of the public sphere, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic capacity. The negative consequences of Iranians virtual life are Psychological and social damage, social despotism, the production and distribution of superficial and popular content, fluid and unstable life style and identity conflict. The Iranians virtual life goes through their transition. Achieve positive effects unexpected in the transitional conditions. Therefore, promoting media literacy and removing public and private constraints is a strategy for reform and improving Iranians virtual life.
Parisa Alikhani; Hamideh Hormati; Seyyed Abolhasan Miri
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There are several elements which influence the manners of users in cyber space especially in mobile apps all of which are minor branches of such space.This article seeks to study the tendency of users’ written language in cyber space to an encoded and symbolic language.From this point of view, ...
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There are several elements which influence the manners of users in cyber space especially in mobile apps all of which are minor branches of such space.This article seeks to study the tendency of users’ written language in cyber space to an encoded and symbolic language.From this point of view, the researchers will study the type of users’ manner in cyber space (especially in mobile applications) through studying issues such as the activities of users in groups and private chats.The outcome of researches showed that after using these applications the manner of users will affected by some factors that lead to creating a kind of encoded and symbolic language.The reason could be that there are just writing and written relations in such communications; some parts of body beside oral and aural relations are omitted; and an especial kind of orthography and labels are used.Innovation in this article is contemplating about changes in orthography and written language of Farsi in mobile applications and also studying about the elements which are influential in these changes.
Alireza Hoseyni Pakdehi; Hosnieh Al-sadat Shobeyri
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In different countries, media literacy education methods and success rates differ. For example, Canada, with its profound history in media literacy education, is the most successful country in the world, but despite widespread importance of media in Iran, media literacy education in this country is relatively ...
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In different countries, media literacy education methods and success rates differ. For example, Canada, with its profound history in media literacy education, is the most successful country in the world, but despite widespread importance of media in Iran, media literacy education in this country is relatively new.The present study compared performance of a model country in teaching media literacy (Canada) with a country new on this way (Iran). Therefore, the performance of Canadian Media Awareness Network that provides media literacy education via “Media Smarts Website” and Iranian “Media Literacy Website”, the only Persian website providing media literacy education, were compared using “content analysis" method. The main results are as follows: majority of the contents in Iranian Website were "informative" and "alarming", but most of the contacts in Canadian Website had features of a real “educational sources. Canadian Website developed educational contents using the theories proposed by media literacy experts; While Iranian website has not used these valuable sources.
mahdokht boroujerdi; Amir Saeed Sadigh
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The effects of new media, which expand Virtual space, on thinking and identity of the audiences at ethnic and national levels, are among most controversial issues about which numerous studies have been conducted. In 2000s and early-2010, the number of studies regarding this issue had grown remarkably ...
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The effects of new media, which expand Virtual space, on thinking and identity of the audiences at ethnic and national levels, are among most controversial issues about which numerous studies have been conducted. In 2000s and early-2010, the number of studies regarding this issue had grown remarkably across research and academic circles. Thus they were analyzed using a meta-analysis using integrative review method. َََArticles, which had been accepted and printed at scientific Iranian journals, were selected. The effect of Virtual space was investigated as the effect of a new media on identity of Iranian audiences. Articles were extracted using web-browsers, among them articles have been selected which were compatible with essay framework, and common variables “Virtual space” and “Identity” were selected for meta-analysis. Research findings were classified into two groups: Descriptive findings and explanative findings. Descriptive findings across Research method, Population and theoretical framework of analyzed articles were reviewed. This research aimed at answering this question “would new media contribute to national convergence or divergence, considering its rapid growth among new generation? And therefore monitoring and conducting security measures by a constraining framework for securing national goods and establishing national security against these media isn’t necessary. Although surveilling and monitoring such media is an accepted procedure across all societies.
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Most graduates in helping majors are faced the problem of developing professional identity process. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of virtual networks in flourishing occupational identity by internship and a qualitative study of facilities and obstacles to this approach. The method ...
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Most graduates in helping majors are faced the problem of developing professional identity process. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of virtual networks in flourishing occupational identity by internship and a qualitative study of facilities and obstacles to this approach. The method was qualitative with content analysis of interns’ answers about their internship experiences in cyberspace. The method of data collecting was semi-structured interview. The Statistical Society were students and graduates of helping majors across the country. Targeted sampling of 20 active interns was used for data collecting. According to the encoded findings, internship possibilities in virtual networks were classified on three main themes: cyberspace possibilities, the facilities provided by the counselor and features of the process (the interaction of cyberspace, interns and consultants). Speed Internet, lack of audio and video signals, reducing the effect of counseling, difficulty of typing, ambiguity in dialogue and mental engagement reduction, was identified as barriers. According to the current limited facilities, internship in cyberspace can be responsive as an auxiliary method, for the large number of Council members who are in line for a license.
Ali Entezari; Maghsoud Amiri; Najmeh Sadat Mortaji
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This paper attempts to study the knowledge-sharing behaviors of Iranian professionals in cyberspace. To this end, semi-structured interviews, Delphi method and an online questionnaire were used as research tools through qualitative and quantitative methods. Since the main research tools were semi-structured ...
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This paper attempts to study the knowledge-sharing behaviors of Iranian professionals in cyberspace. To this end, semi-structured interviews, Delphi method and an online questionnaire were used as research tools through qualitative and quantitative methods. Since the main research tools were semi-structured interviews with 15 experts to meet the research purposes, the process was continued until the “theoretical saturation” was realized. Afterwards, in order to approve or amend the obtained indices from the analysis of interview texts, the Delphi method was used. Hence, the knowledge-sharing behavior model was extracted. Through chain sampling, the selected network users, 299 electronic questionnaires were collected and analyzed using Smart PLS software and confirmatory factor analysis (rate of return, 77%). The findings indicate that the main variables of knowledge-sharing behaviors are divided into individual, group, and environmental indices respectively. Components of the individual dimension of knowledge-sharing include motivation, ethicality, personality, ability, attitude towards knowledge-sharing and psychological security. Group dimension of knowledge-sharing include shared benefits, group structure and social capital and finally environmental factors, including technological (technical requirements of specialized social networks), political rights (the country's cyberspace policy), economic (cost and variety of internet packages), socio-cultural (expert lifestyle and national character).
