Exploring the Functions and Influences of Modern Media on the Meaning and Practice of New Social Movements

Document Type : Tarviji

Authors
PhD Student in Futures Study of The Islamic Revolution, Shahed University of Tehran
Abstract
In the new age of politics, culture and citizenship influenced by new media play a prominent role in the emergence of events.Traditional paradigms have generally been regarded by governments as major actors in the field of inter-nation relations, but in the modern era and in the cultural policy paradigm,by means of the media, the citizens theirelves act as an active participant in all everyday issues in the national and global arenas.The theoretical and practical foundations of the cultural belief paradigm are such that the functioning of the mass media has evolved more than any period in the history of their emersion.In this paradigm,cultural politics is signifying practices through which identities,relationships,and social rules are reinforced,transformed,or redefined. The present study,using the documentary-library method,seeks to answer the question of what are the cultural effects of modern media on the meaning and practice of new social movements? The research findings show that the media,in the age of the cultural policy paradigm,while changing and revolving around the citizens'cognitive foundations,has made public and universal issues a top priority and with decentralization of power and an increasing influence on the functioning of the political system and decision-makers,Citizens are more prominent in the political and social scene.

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Volume 9, Issue 36
Summer 2020
Pages 129-156

  • Receive Date 05 December 2019
  • Revise Date 04 February 2020
  • Accept Date 09 February 2020