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Analysis of Media Literacy in Three Iranian Communication and Cultural Organizations

Naser Bahonar; Ramin Chaboki Darzabi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 1-26

Abstract
  With the development of media, the world entered a new phase in which media not only continued its increasing growth in terms of both technology and variety, but as a whole it turned into one of the central components of human societies. Over the past two decades, many thinkers in the field of communication ...  Read More

Role of Mass Media in Promoting Honor Killing

Minoo Khaleghi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 27-54

Abstract
  Honor killing is a social reality which has existed since ancient times. Such murders are committed by a person who believes that the victim has brought shame to the family by actions which bear social stigma, including improper love affairs, betraying one’s spouse, adultery, running away from ...  Read More

Culture as a Medium between Social Will and Social Action:A Comparative Study of Islamic and Secular Cultures

Sayyed Saeid Zahed; Mohsen Jajarmizadeh; Mohammad Reza Taghavi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 55-66

Abstract
  Societies consist of three sub-systems: political, cultural and economic. If the society was a human being, politics would be the human free will, culture his power of thought, and economy his body and organs.  This analogy can be explained as follows: The human will pursues its intentions through ...  Read More

Ethical Principles in Global Media

Maryam Saneapour

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 67-102

Abstract
  Human social relationship requires adhering to principles of ethics, and the wider the range of communication would be the stronger the need for adhering to virtuous ethics becomes. A number of thinkers in the field of ethics hold that variety and diversity of cultures in today’s world have made ...  Read More

Evaluation of Structure, Interaction, Anonymity and Self-Representation in Four Social Networks of the Virtual World

Hamid Abdollahian; Mohammad Javad Zohdi; Mahin Sheikh Ansari

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 103-129

Abstract
  This paper studies and compares elements of social networks, including structure, interaction, user anonymity and self-representation, in the following social networks:  a) Yahoo chat rooms, b) Yahoo Groups, c) OkCupid (online dating network), and (d) Facebook. The paper addresses the question as ...  Read More

Analysis of Critical Dimensions of the Postmodern City in Cinema

Siamak Ghazipour; Abolfazl Toghraei; Mohammad Javad Mahdavi nejad

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2014, Pages 130-157

Abstract
  Postmodernism is a result of the convergence between the philosophical turn in approaches to the nature of aesthetics and the increasing flow of media in today’s world. It can be suggested that media is both a cause and an effect of postmodernism. On the other hand, media depict, both directly ...  Read More