Jamal Mohammadi; parniya razipor
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The social network Instagram with too many audiences in Iran is followed by different strata of users. Different pages with diverse functions in this network show that users follow this social network with different purposes and intentions. This paper is an attempt to have a sociological study on this ...
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The social network Instagram with too many audiences in Iran is followed by different strata of users. Different pages with diverse functions in this network show that users follow this social network with different purposes and intentions. This paper is an attempt to have a sociological study on this social network and to do so, it will review the field of literature critically. Then, it attempts to do a qualitative content analysis of different pages of Iranian users to categorize them according to their collective functions. The findings show that Iranian users’ pages on Instagram can be categorized into six categories based on their collective functions: News, education, marketing, services, bloggers, and yellow pages. It is concluded that Instagram’s field of activity can’t be limited merely to creating social communication but has some extraordinary potential in determining social and interpersonal relations and problems. This social network can meet the different needs of people in the field of business, information, entertainment, education, services, etc. Instagram also strengthens a participatory culture, because users are actively involved in creating and circulating new content.
SeyedReza Naghibulsadat; Fatemeh Oudlajani
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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 ...
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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 in the political arena, complicating political relationships and gaining more prominence in media diplomacy. .In order to answer the research questions and achieve the desired goals, content analysis method with two categories and evaluation techniques was used. The statistical population of this study is the total number of tweets of Iranian and US Foreign Ministers on Twitter in 2016-2019. The unit of analysis in this study is the Twitter posts (tweets) of the Iranian and US foreign ministers.The results show that the media diplomacy of the two countries has different aspects. Through its media diplomacy, Iran has been trying to emphasize its commitment to international commitments such as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and on the other hand points to the non-fulfillment of US commitments.US media diplomacy is also against Iran. The United States is trying to portray Iran as one of the main proponents of terrorism and to make all of Iran's actions destabilizing the Middle East. It can be said that the United States is trying to represent Iran as a state sponsored by terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East through the efforts of its foreign ministers on Twitter.
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.
Seyedehmarjan Hosseini; hossein afkhami
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Population ageing in both developed and developing communities is increasing significantly due to resources such as improvement in healthcare and welfare, and decreasing of the birth rate. This group needs more care (medical or mental) that increases medical expenditures for governments, families and ...
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Population ageing in both developed and developing communities is increasing significantly due to resources such as improvement in healthcare and welfare, and decreasing of the birth rate. This group needs more care (medical or mental) that increases medical expenditures for governments, families and insurance institution, so policies that are related to the health of older adults are becoming more essential.With the rise of new media, more people became information literate. This great change provided an opportunity for societies to use new technology to cure, reinforce and empower elderly people. Smartphones and tablets are becoming more popular among older adults so a great number of applications have been written based on favorite operating systems (e.g. IOS and Android) for this increasing population. This study provided an overview of the 4 most popular Iranian health apps for the elderly and appraised each app’s usability and serviceability and communicational capability for their immediate audiences. Also, it tried to find out whether these apps are based on reinforcing elderly or management of diseases. Data came from content analysis of health and education apps in the Iranian mobile market. The main result of study is that Iranian healthcare mobile apps are more based on the treatment of diseases rather than reinforcing and empowering elderly. Another conclusion is that these apps try to communicate with relatives, family members or any other person who cares elderly, instead of communicating with older adults directly. Additionally, they are not technically applicable to the elderly.
fateme noorirad; zahra hakimi
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The Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum, despite widespread opposition to the Barzani party's insistence, was held on, on December 25, 2017. And news related to the Kurdish referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan for a long time has become the top news of a regional, transnational, and international media. ...
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The Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum, despite widespread opposition to the Barzani party's insistence, was held on, on December 25, 2017. And news related to the Kurdish referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan for a long time has become the top news of a regional, transnational, and international media. In this research, we are going to review the news in the four news sites of Al Jazeera, IRNA, REDAWO and BBC, by reviewing the referendum in the days following its launch. The results of the research indicate that each of the news sites has their own specific idea of referendum. IRNA has paid attention to the referendum by mentioning the reflective news and it is mainly against the referendum. Al-Jazeera has implicitly supported the referendum with its analytical reports, but warns about its dangers, The BBC has shown its support for the Kurdish nation by applying its bilateral policy and has expressed criticism in it`s reflective news. Rodaw as Kurdish-language site supported the referendum and created a positive semantic framework of it.
mohammadkarim bayat; Alireza Isfadyari-Moghadam; Hamed Alipouri Hafezi
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Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to determine the performance rate and the useing of social media and determine the types of social media widely used in academic libraries in various articles and research.Design/methodology/approach – This research is done by related literature ...
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Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to determine the performance rate and the useing of social media and determine the types of social media widely used in academic libraries in various articles and research.Design/methodology/approach – This research is done by related literature review and to analyze related articles on social media in academic libraries. this study, By reviewing and analyzing the content of 40 articles and to identify the types of social media and their performance in the library, to read the articles in this issue is addressed.Findings – Results show the use of social media known in most academic libraries and also their specific applications according to the main functions of the university library.Originality/value – The study can better show to understand the effectiveness and applications of social media for libraries and librarians. and using the results can create a feeling of social media in the libraries.Keywords: social media, Academics libraries, content analysis, UsePaper type - Content analysis
