Actions and Activities of Selectivists (virtual fans) During the Corona crisis in Iran

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1 PhD Student
2 azad University
3 Azad
4 Azad university
Abstract
Ever since humanity became familiar with communication technologies, it tried to use these devices to advance its goals, with the advent of the Internet, this raging flood took us with it and made people more powerful day by day, and when natural and unnatural crises Massive internet campaigns begin to take place. With its emergence, activism has gained a new meaning and definition. With the spread of the Corona virus and the creation of long-term quarantines and people's distance from each other, we have witnessed the first role of social networks in providing information about the crisis. The most important goal of this research is to identify the themes of actions and activities of selectivists (virtual fans) during the Corona crisis in Iran by using exploratory interviews with qualitative content analysis method. Corona, as well as understanding the perceptions and ideas of the current situation using selectivist measures and activities (virtual fans) related to this disease shows the importance of this research. By conducting interviews with 10 experts on the dimensions, it was examined and the coding of the interviews was done, and then, based on a certain process, the lowest level of phenomena were extracted from the text, and by categorizing the basic themes and summarizing them into principles The analysis was continued more abstractly and separately in the form of organizing themes. Finally, 16 basic themes and 3 organizing themes were extracted.

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Volume 13, Issue 50
Spring 2024
Pages 327-352

  • Receive Date 13 May 2024
  • Revise Date 11 July 2024
  • Accept Date 13 July 2024