Explain the challenges of the law of dissemination and free access to information from the perspective of communication and media professors .

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
mohadeseh yaghobi 1
mohamad soltanifar 2
ali jafari 3
Jafar Salman Zadeh 4
1 Department of Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
2 Department of Communication Science. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. Tehran. Iran
3 Department of Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.
4 Department of Law and Politics, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabi. Iran
10.22054/nms.2020.53887.1010
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to explain the challenges of the law of dissemination and free access to information in Iran and to evaluate it with the prevailing conditions in the society in Iran in the late fourteenth century. The method of this research is data-based and using the interview technique to identify the challenges facing the implementation of the law on publication and free access to information in Iran. The statistical population of the research includes experts, communication professors and members of the media. Findings from the analysis of interviews resulted in extracting four main areas of secrecy culture among the officials of organizations, politicization among the media, citizens and the body of government and government, identifying six contexts of law enforcement and finally the limitations and ambiguities in the law of dissemination and free access to Information that does not comply with the nature of the law of dissemination and free access to information.
Keywords
Freedom of information
law of dissemination and free access to information
challenges of law of dissemination and free access to information
culture of secrecy
politicization
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