IHCS Interdisciplinary Studies in Media and Culture 2383-062X 9 2 2020 02 20 A comparative Study on Representation of Ideology in Iranian and American Media based on Van Dijk's Theory of Ideology؛ Case study on JCPOA A comparative Study on Representation of Ideology in Iranian and American Media based on Van Dijk's Theory of Ideology؛ Case study on JCPOA 191 218 5080 10.30465/ismc.2020.5080 FA Azadeh Keshvardoost PhD candidate. Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) Ferdows Aghagolzadeh Professor, Faculty of Humanities, TMU Journal Article 2019 05 02 This descriptive-analytic study has been done with librarian method based on Van Dijk’s theory of Ideology (2006) and is to due to verify representation of ideology of media powers based on Van Dijk’s theory of Ideology. A comparative study on frequency of usage of each of micro strategies introduced by Van Dijk and present a linguistics description and illustration on that, is the other goal of this study. To do so three American media (ABC, Washington Post, New York Times) and three Iranian media (ISNA,IRNA, FARS News) were selected and 10 news related to Iran nuclear issue were chosen randomly from each media in period of Jun 2015-Jan 2016. Results show that neither American nor Iranian media are neutral, reflecting news about JCPOA. Usage of Van Dijk’s strategies in micro and macro dimensions has more frequency in American media. In both Iranian and American media the strategy of lexicon has more frequency that can be explained by it’s simplicity of decoding in referee’s mind, cognitively. This descriptive-analytic study has been done with librarian method based on Van Dijk’s theory of Ideology (2006) and is to due to verify representation of ideology of media powers based on Van Dijk’s theory of Ideology. A comparative study on frequency of usage of each of micro strategies introduced by Van Dijk and present a linguistics description and illustration on that, is the other goal of this study. To do so three American media (ABC, Washington Post, New York Times) and three Iranian media (ISNA,IRNA, FARS News) were selected and 10 news related to Iran nuclear issue were chosen randomly from each media in period of Jun 2015-Jan 2016. Results show that neither American nor Iranian media are neutral, reflecting news about JCPOA. Usage of Van Dijk’s strategies in micro and macro dimensions has more frequency in American media. In both Iranian and American media the strategy of lexicon has more frequency that can be explained by it’s simplicity of decoding in referee’s mind, cognitively. Van Dijk’s Theory of ideology American media Iranian media JCPOA http://mediastudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5080_cbd20c0ccf983826f0c95333f2654fa3.pdf