mehrdad tavakoli; hadi khaniki; akbar nasrollahi; Nazanin Malekian
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Twitter has become a new tool for diplomatic affairs and international relations, and the use of this tool for countries in the direction of exercising soft power in the international environment and as a type of digital media diplomacy is very worthy of investigation and analysis. What has been examined ...
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Twitter has become a new tool for diplomatic affairs and international relations, and the use of this tool for countries in the direction of exercising soft power in the international environment and as a type of digital media diplomacy is very worthy of investigation and analysis. What has been examined in this research is "how Twitter diplomacy works in the two countries of Iran and the United States" and the purpose of the research is to study the function of Twitter diplomacy as a media diplomacy tool and to know the role of Twitter in the effective transmission of political messages by examining the Twitter messages of the president. He is the former president of the United States and the former foreign minister of Iran. How to use Twitter to advance the goals and objectives and secure the national interests of the two countries, understanding media diplomacy and examining the way of representing foreign policy, and finally the similarities and differences between the Twitter diplomacy of the two countries, Iran and the United States, are things that can be explored by exploring The content of the twitter messages of these two officials was analyzed through thematic analysis method.self and other representation, validation and devalidation for self and other; The main axis of Twitter diplomacy has been the use of Iran and the United States, and in the absence of official diplomacy between the two countries, it is considered the most key tool for reproducing soft power and an opportunity for the diplomacy of both countries
sirvan abdi; hadi khaniki
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The advent of information and networked society affected by ICTs and virtual space make national identity and lifestyle to be various and multiple. The national identity which is a source of solidarity and differentiating factor is deeply affected by new media and witnessed deep changes. Therefore, this ...
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The advent of information and networked society affected by ICTs and virtual space make national identity and lifestyle to be various and multiple. The national identity which is a source of solidarity and differentiating factor is deeply affected by new media and witnessed deep changes. Therefore, this research tries to answer this question that what role Kurdistan local TV plays in its audiences’ creating and strengthening national identity. So that, a survey and semi-structured interview are employed to study Kurdistan local TV and Sanandaj people as case studies. The findings suggest that there are two sets of solutions for strengthening Kurdistan audiences’ national identity: one set relates to the government general approach to the ethnicity and ethnic minority in the country and the other set relates to the measures taken by the local TV. The measures taken by the government include compiling comprehensive ethnic policies, reconsidering current policies and Multiculturalism. The local TV measures include taking audience-oriented policies, realism, taboo-removing approaches on ethical issues and citizenship identity.
