The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields
PhD in Culture and Communication, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Culture and Communication, Imam Sadeq University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This research, using the qualitative research method, seeks to discover the political and security axes of opposition activism in social networks, with an emphasis on the news events of 1998. The main question of the research is how the conceptual network of the content axes of this media activism.
Method: In order to achieve the stated goal and answer the research questions, due to the exploratory nature of the research, the research method is qualitative, and in collecting information from the library and document method, and in the data analysis from the Volkat theme analysis method using software. MaxQDA data analysis (MAXQDA) version 2020 was used.
After segmenting, refining and categorizing the news statements of the four platforms for the production and publication of cyberspace news content (websites, Instagram, Telegram and Twitter), in the next step, a descriptive label was assigned to each of the statements according to their media, time and discourse context. And then, by increasing the level of abstraction in the next layers of coding, in the political and security field, 21 analytical themes (intermediate) were obtained in the form of 6 interpretive themes (macro). Finally, using the software, the network of themes extracted from the entire data has been drawn and described and analyzed.
According to the network of themes, the result of the opposition front's media activism, the depiction of Iran today with the coordinates of the plight of Iranians and an insecure society in all spheres and an ineffective and corrupt government. These-coordinates-are-trying-to-induce-a-ruined-society-and-Iran-with-collapse-in -all-social-and-Iranian-spheres-without-a-future-and-without-any-clear-perspective.
mahdipour, H. (2025). The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields. Strategic Futures Studies, 3(12), -.
MLA
mahdipour, H. . "The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields", Strategic Futures Studies, 3, 12, 2025, -.
HARVARD
mahdipour, H. (2025). 'The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields', Strategic Futures Studies, 3(12), pp. -.
CHICAGO
H. mahdipour, "The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields," Strategic Futures Studies, 3 12 (2025): -,
VANCOUVER
mahdipour, H. The conceptual model of the activism of opposition media in virtual social networks :Emphasizing the macro news trends in political and security fields. Strategic Futures Studies, 2025; 3(12): -.
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