Sondos Mohammadi Nousoudi; Abdollah Bicharanlou
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on March 16, 1988 chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein, the largest ever chemical weapons attack,killed between 3000 to 5000 civilians, and injured 7000 to 10000 ones.Despite the depth and severity of this tragedy, due to the victims' lack ofaccess to the ...
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on March 16, 1988 chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein, the largest ever chemical weapons attack,killed between 3000 to 5000 civilians, and injured 7000 to 10000 ones.Despite the depth and severity of this tragedy, due to the victims' lack ofaccess to the media, it did not make a clear image in the world public opinion and even among the Kurds themselves; but the proliferation of social media allowed victims to draw global public attention to the crime. This paper is to study the Kurdish activism in cyberspace by a focus on the 33rd chemical anniversary of Halabja through analyzing their hashtag activism on the social network Twitter. Research results show that 8 main axes in Kurdish hashtag activism are highlighted on Twitter, which include:Narration of the Halabja tragedy on Twitter, a manifestation of symbolism in virtual activism by republishing photos of Omar Khavar and his child, pursuing the suffering of this pain in the faces of the survivors, the media coverage of the Halabja tragedy worldwide, Halabja as a common pain, notforgetting the Halabja tragedy, the founders of the Halabja genocide, and switching between online and offline activism boundaries. Based on the research results, Twitter acts as an online public sphere for Kurds, enabling them to develop an alternative discourse on the Halabja tragedy by creating a media stream.
Abdollah Bicharanlou
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This paper by referring to the new media space which in different factors influencing the competition between active media have made the today media audiences as segmented audiences, has considered Persian satellite TV networks as one of active elements in this space which through using entertainment ...
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This paper by referring to the new media space which in different factors influencing the competition between active media have made the today media audiences as segmented audiences, has considered Persian satellite TV networks as one of active elements in this space which through using entertainment based programs such as different kind of shows as a form or genre of TV programs, have attracted some of Iranian audiences. In this paper by introducing main Persian TV channels and main entertainment programs broadcasted at 3 satellite TV networks, the factors influencing on attraction of the audiences to these 3 networks have been analyzed. Some suggestions according to the analyses have been suggested to media & cultural policy makers. Focus on entertainment, using structural decorations, focus on considerable presence of women at programs, focus on problem solution, focus on pop culture and art products, managing the schedule of broadcasting program are the main methods used in these networks to attract the audiences.
Abdollah Bicharanlou; Hamed Talebian; Sarah Zandevakili
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This study attempted to understand the features and factors associated with representation of privacy among the Facebook users and its cultural consequences. To achieve this goal, first, we studied the cultural and semantic perceptions of the users about the concept of privacy in order to provide a basis ...
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This study attempted to understand the features and factors associated with representation of privacy among the Facebook users and its cultural consequences. To achieve this goal, first, we studied the cultural and semantic perceptions of the users about the concept of privacy in order to provide a basis for the study of representation, concealment and protection of privacy among the users. In order to understand cultural patterns, we used virtual ethnography. Through the fieldwork we performed online and offline ethnographical interviews with 21 active Facebook users in different intervals. The findings of this study indicated a core feature to be the diversity of the cultural definitions of the users of the concept of privacy. It is based on two factors of “tendency to represent” and “tendency to hide”. The synonyms of these concepts in social interactions are “tendency to view” and “tendency to review”.
