Interdisciplinary Studies in Media and Culture

Social Network Analysis of the "Women, Life, Freedom" Movement on Twitter

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Authors

Esmaeel Ramezani 1
omid ali masoodi 2
masoud asadpour 3

1 Ph.D. Student in Communication Sciences, Faculty of Culture and Communications, Soureh University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor of Communication, Faculty of Culture and Communications, Soureh University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Machine Intelligence and Robotics, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.30465/ismc.2026.54729.3053
Abstract
The present study aims to analyze the interactive network formed in the social movement "Women, Life, Freedom" on Twitter. Previous communication studies in the world show that the social network Twitter plays a special role in the formation and organization of social movements. In Iran, this process also began in 2009 and its influence reached its peak in 2022. But how and in what form did this process occur? This study attempts to scientifically analyze this interactive network using the Social Network Analysis (SNA) method based on the existing big data including ten million tweets in the critical months (September 15 to November 15, 2022). According to the findings, at this time, ten Networked Publics have been formed, often based on opposition to the Islamic Republic system, and only a small virtual community in this cyberspace has been active in support of the ruling system.

Keywords

Social Network Analysis
Twitter
Women Life Freedom
Social Movements
Networked Publics
Subjects
Interdisciplinary Studies in Media and Culture

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 23 August 2026

  • Receive Date 01 June 2026
  • Accept Date 23 August 2026
  • Publish Date 23 August 2026

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