Mahdi Montazer Ghaem; Zohre Alikhani
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Considering perennial relation of the masses with concepts of determinism and free will, the intrinsic importance of these concepts in the area of religion, as well as regarding the ability of media in constructing the masses’ narrative of existence and also taking into account relations between ...
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Considering perennial relation of the masses with concepts of determinism and free will, the intrinsic importance of these concepts in the area of religion, as well as regarding the ability of media in constructing the masses’ narrative of existence and also taking into account relations between religion, state and television in Iran, this study seeks to answer the question raised in the sample case study of a religious serial concerning representation of free will to its audiences. Hence, a brief introduction of the concept in Islamic thought and its implications has offered at first, to recognize the implied conflict between absolute determinism and absolute discretion in the practical part of this research. Adopting representational theory approach, we have used a combination of discourse analysis approaches and Greimas actantial model to analyze the serial dialogs about free will and underlying structure of activism, respectively. In this study we have shown that the series inspires deterministic-oriented discourse, by drawing actors’ charts of opening and final sequences as well as their schematic diagram. Type of narrative sequences and activity pattern also are deterministic, and the series is based on retributive nature of difficulties and reward-oriented character of pleasures. Two signifiers of fatalism and dreamful are attracted in its discourse area and influencing of social structures is rejected.
Mahdi Montazerghaem; Reza Kavand
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Thisstudyseeks toanswer to thisfundamental questionwhich howyoungaudiences of specific Persian languagesatellitechannels are engagedinreadingthe communicative messagesfromsuch channels and what kind of messages of such channels’ reading they do? To answer thisquestion,thestudy uses Stuart Hall’s ...
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Thisstudyseeks toanswer to thisfundamental questionwhich howyoungaudiences of specific Persian languagesatellitechannels are engagedinreadingthe communicative messagesfromsuch channels and what kind of messages of such channels’ reading they do? To answer thisquestion,thestudy uses Stuart Hall’s perception analysisapproachand encoding-decoding model. Thisapproach relies on theprinciple thatbased on their social and culturalcontexts, the audienceswhen are faced with themass mediamessages, actively perceive and read media texts. According to this viewmedia texts have the polysemic capabilityand based ontheir cognitive, social, and identical contexts, individuals perceive specific meaningfromthese texts. Thestudyusesdiscourse analysis method and in-depthinterview technique,and it shows at the end which cultural and identical circumstance of studied audiences is sorely effective in the way of acceptance and receive of messages. Withregard to theparticular circumstancesofsatellite TV in Iranandalso the hybrid cultureandidentityof Iranian immigrantswho are mostlyproducers of Persian language satellite channel programs, the results are containing particular theoretical implications.
Mahdi Montazerghaem; Bashir Motamedi
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This article reviews the three perspectives for the TV audience, program content and production system, and emphasized the production system of religious TV programs, has been trying to transparent and opaque rules of religious programs as part of the production system be explained. Context or theoretical ...
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This article reviews the three perspectives for the TV audience, program content and production system, and emphasized the production system of religious TV programs, has been trying to transparent and opaque rules of religious programs as part of the production system be explained. Context or theoretical framework of this theory of political economy-related concepts such as ownership of the media, political economic and hegemony in the production and control systems through effective regulations knows. The Methodology draws on qualitative approaches of Focused Interviews with producers of religious programs. Additionally, a literature survey of Iran National Broadcasting documents will be undertaken. It is hoped that a clear picture will emerge. The overall discourse indicates that the “do not” principles are the sole guides to the programs. At the outset these prohibiting directives, which include religious and ethical issues is later extended to self made prohibiting rules, leading to consolidation of the hegemonic status.
Mahdi Montazerghaem
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Internet and other modern communication technologies have affected all aspects of the gathering, combining, and transforming knowledge, especially in scientific-educational and research organizations. These processes are parts of the whole intellectual capital in any organization. Intellectual capital ...
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Internet and other modern communication technologies have affected all aspects of the gathering, combining, and transforming knowledge, especially in scientific-educational and research organizations. These processes are parts of the whole intellectual capital in any organization. Intellectual capital is the hidden and intangible property which is oriented toward organizational goals. In the present study, I attempt to reflect on the affects internet has on some particular dimensions of intellectual capital, namely the human and the communicational, in Iran’s universities. According to the theoretical basis, it is shown that internet usage is an important factor in developing organizational intellectual capital (here, in the universities). Results show that human and communicational capitals are differently distributed in various universities. On the other hand, internet accessibility and consumption (type and quantity), as the independent variables of the study, have meaningful affects on human and communicational capitals in all universities. Furthermore, it is noteworthy to say that there are some other factors, as the ranking of the university, department, educational level (for students), and degree (for faculty members), and gender, which intervene in the process. Results show that internet usage, besides other factors as age, gender, marital status, could guide in explanation of the human and communicational capitals’ changes in the universities.