The Discursive Diplomacy of Iran's 2022 Riots and the World's media: A Case Study of Al Jazeera Network

Document Type : Research Paper

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Professor, Communication and Media, College of Islamic Studies, Culture and Communication, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

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Riots, protests, developments and social changes in every country are very important for the political-social structure of the countries. In Iran, the aforementioned developments are also of special importance. In this regard, different countries through their media are trying to reflect the ruling views in a way that on the one hand is considered a form of media and discourse diplomacy and on the other hand is effective in building a discourse. The study of world media is important to discover the methods of discourse formation in relation to the disturbances of 1401 in Iran due to their influence in building national, regional and global mentality in their fields of activity.
Based on the discourse theory and the Practical Discourse Analysis Method (PDAM), the article is trying to discover the discourse and in fact the discourse diplomacy governing Al Jazeera network in Qatar due to its regional and global importance in this field by analyzing the 7 news reports that it published at the beginning of the unrest in Iran.
The research achieved important results, the most important of which are: making the system oppose human rights, globalizing Iran's protests, and creating hope for the success of protests in Iran.

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