Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Investigating the strategies of Persian language satellite networks in 1401 (Case of study: Manoto network)

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Islamic Social Sciences, University of Tehran
Abstract
One of the most important strategies of the enemy in the cultural field is to influence the values and beliefs of the members of the society and change their mental calculations. The main tool used by the enemy in this direction and in recent years has been the media and specifically the Persian-language satellite channels. Since each media has its own strategic model based on which it operates, the study of the strategies of these networks is of special importance, and in this research, specifically, satellite network programs. "Manoto" in 1401 have been analyzed with qualitative content analysis method. According to the investigation of "Man and To Network" programs, the strategies of this network are: inducing the inefficiency of the Islamic Republic, the distance between the people and the officials, the class gap in the Islamic Republic, inducing the inefficiency of the leadership, promoting western culture and lifestyle, weakening the beliefs the religion of the people, inducing the lack of freedom and the existence of a security environment in the Islamic Republic, inducing the spread of corruption in the Islamic Republic, and creating division between the military forces. Also, considering the different conditions of the country in the second half of 1401, the "Manoto" satellite network put special strategies in its agenda in order to intensify the protest conditions in the Iranian society, which include the creation of national self-humiliation (weakening of identity National), efforts have been made to overthrow the Islamic Republic, challenge the authority of the Islamic Republic.
 
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  • Receive Date 21 February 2024
  • Revise Date 27 April 2024
  • Accept Date 30 April 2024