University of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101The Role of Media in Facilitating the Realization of a New Islamic Civilization (With an Emphasis on Discourse Production and Comprehensive Media Campaigns)The Role of Media in Facilitating the Realization of a New Islamic Civilization (With an Emphasis on Discourse Production and Comprehensive Media Campaigns)53641472FAMohammad Babaeekharazmi universityJournal Article20160131Studying the role and influence of the media in moving toward the realization of a new Islamic civilization is the subject of the present article. The goal is to achieve a model and framework based on which the media can move constructively in the direction of the emergence of a new Islamic civilization. <br /> Specifically, the present article seeks to answer the question: What are the functions of the media in the preparation, promotion and emergence of a ‘new Islamic civilization’? To answer this question, data were collected through an extensive literature survey. Also, collected data were analyzed via a descriptive-analytical approach. The most important finding of the study includes the need for media planning and action on two levels: <br />1. Content – ‘discourse production’: Domestic (for local audiences) and abroad (for foreign audiences) discourse production based on indicators at the level of a new Islamic civilization (with techniques such as image building, agenda-setting, management of public opinion inside and outside the country’s borders). <br />2. Structure – ‘comprehensive media campaigns’: With strategies such as leading the development of media technologies, moving toward effective participation in regional and international intellectual and cultural trend creation, effective activities in the production and exchange of information, and introducing and explaining the components of a new Islamic civilization (efficiency, material and spiritual power, spirituality, justice, lifestyle, ethics, etc.).Studying the role and influence of the media in moving toward the realization of a new Islamic civilization is the subject of the present article. The goal is to achieve a model and framework based on which the media can move constructively in the direction of the emergence of a new Islamic civilization. <br /> Specifically, the present article seeks to answer the question: What are the functions of the media in the preparation, promotion and emergence of a ‘new Islamic civilization’? To answer this question, data were collected through an extensive literature survey. Also, collected data were analyzed via a descriptive-analytical approach. The most important finding of the study includes the need for media planning and action on two levels: <br />1. Content – ‘discourse production’: Domestic (for local audiences) and abroad (for foreign audiences) discourse production based on indicators at the level of a new Islamic civilization (with techniques such as image building, agenda-setting, management of public opinion inside and outside the country’s borders). <br />2. Structure – ‘comprehensive media campaigns’: With strategies such as leading the development of media technologies, moving toward effective participation in regional and international intellectual and cultural trend creation, effective activities in the production and exchange of information, and introducing and explaining the components of a new Islamic civilization (efficiency, material and spiritual power, spirituality, justice, lifestyle, ethics, etc.).https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41472_6fff5904a63a81b627e983254b138524.pdfUniversity of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101Iran’s Media Diplomacy (IRIB TV1 News 21:00) toward the Islamic World, Europe and America in the Third Decade of the Islamic Revolution (1997-2007)Iran’s Media Diplomacy (IRIB TV1 News 21:00) toward the Islamic World, Europe and America in the Third Decade of the Islamic Revolution (1997-2007)375641474FAHassan BashirEbadollah RezaeeJournal Article20170102The media of every country in the world not only supports the kind of diplomacy that a country pursues but also sometimes become international agents and exert influence on public opinion both at home and abroad. This study tries to answer the following question: How has been Iran’s media diplomacy toward the Islamic world (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Palestine, United Arab Emirates and Egypt), Europe (France, Britain, Germany, Italy and Russia), and America over the last ten years – that is, the third decade of the revolution. In order to answer this question, 360 news items of the day, sampled via systematic sampling, were studied through content analysis. To this end, five categories with the greatest influence on Iran’s diplomacy were identified in order of importance. The five categories are: politics, economy, culture, society and religion. All the news items were evaluated and categorized according to these categories to represent the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s media discourse via Iran’s national media network.The media of every country in the world not only supports the kind of diplomacy that a country pursues but also sometimes become international agents and exert influence on public opinion both at home and abroad. This study tries to answer the following question: How has been Iran’s media diplomacy toward the Islamic world (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Palestine, United Arab Emirates and Egypt), Europe (France, Britain, Germany, Italy and Russia), and America over the last ten years – that is, the third decade of the revolution. In order to answer this question, 360 news items of the day, sampled via systematic sampling, were studied through content analysis. To this end, five categories with the greatest influence on Iran’s diplomacy were identified in order of importance. The five categories are: politics, economy, culture, society and religion. All the news items were evaluated and categorized according to these categories to represent the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s media discourse via Iran’s national media network.https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41474_06a75fd8d480dde5ba57226cde947949.pdfUniversity of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101Rereading the Function of the Islamic Press before the Revolution in Explaining the Status of Muslim Women (A Case Study: Lessons from the School of Islam Magazine)Rereading the Function of the Islamic Press before the Revolution in Explaining the Status of Muslim Women (A Case Study: Lessons from the School of Islam Magazine)578241475FAMojtaba AttarzadehJournal Article20150902Under the totalitarian rule of the Shah, the proponents of the school of Islam could not be indifferent in the face of this destructive process. In view of their responsibility to inform and enlighten the Muslim Ummah against this wrong path, they considered the press as the best tool for fulfilling this goal insofar as it was accessible by a wide range of audiences. Muslim thinkers were concerned mostly with the instrumentalist use of women by the government and its false promises in relation to the advancement of the Iranian society in a short time. Therefore, after the slogan of equality between women and men was adopted by the Pahlavi regime in the 1960’s, the proponents of the book of Allah took it upon themselves to redisseminate truthful Islamic beliefs lest this destructive trend affected and manipulated the clean essence of Muslim women by the regime’s propaganda. Accordingly, one of the religious magazines of the time titled <em>the School of Islam</em> strived constantly for preserving and protecting Islamic teachings during the reign of darkness by dedicating part of its content to rereading the status of women in Islam. This article is a review of sincere attempts by the aforementioned magazine. This investigation represents the undeniable fact that true scholars tried to protect the borders of the Islamic faith, despite the many limitations caused by the secular Pahlavi regime, through writing enlightening articles in <em>the School of Islam</em> as an effort to undo the Occidentalocentric programs of the regime for tainting the purity of Muslim women. One result was the active participation of women alongside men in response to the call of liberation by the late leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini.Under the totalitarian rule of the Shah, the proponents of the school of Islam could not be indifferent in the face of this destructive process. In view of their responsibility to inform and enlighten the Muslim Ummah against this wrong path, they considered the press as the best tool for fulfilling this goal insofar as it was accessible by a wide range of audiences. Muslim thinkers were concerned mostly with the instrumentalist use of women by the government and its false promises in relation to the advancement of the Iranian society in a short time. Therefore, after the slogan of equality between women and men was adopted by the Pahlavi regime in the 1960’s, the proponents of the book of Allah took it upon themselves to redisseminate truthful Islamic beliefs lest this destructive trend affected and manipulated the clean essence of Muslim women by the regime’s propaganda. Accordingly, one of the religious magazines of the time titled <em>the School of Islam</em> strived constantly for preserving and protecting Islamic teachings during the reign of darkness by dedicating part of its content to rereading the status of women in Islam. This article is a review of sincere attempts by the aforementioned magazine. This investigation represents the undeniable fact that true scholars tried to protect the borders of the Islamic faith, despite the many limitations caused by the secular Pahlavi regime, through writing enlightening articles in <em>the School of Islam</em> as an effort to undo the Occidentalocentric programs of the regime for tainting the purity of Muslim women. One result was the active participation of women alongside men in response to the call of liberation by the late leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini.https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41475_1b7b6b1c6f7e5a65fc4a387ba6e4a45f.pdfUniversity of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101Media and the Social Dimension of National SecurityMedia and the Social Dimension of National Security8311141477FAMehradad AzimiGhodrat AhmadianJournal Article20170102According to Barry Buzan (one of the theorists of the Copenhagen School), social security, as one of the five dimensions of national security, is related to a nation’s commitment to shared values and norms. Values and norms are key factors in the solidarity of a nation against external environments. In other words, a nation shapes its national identity through norms and values. If the people of a country move away from the set of shared values and norms, national identity is lost and, as a result, national security is compromised. In the meantime, the media, especially the mass media, such as television and virtual communities, play a very important role in keeping people on a particular opinion and behavior and in shaping or changing the identity of individuals. The present article investigates the impact of the media on social security by examining the characteristics of the social dimension of national security from the perspective of the Copenhagen School as well as the functions of the media and some relevant theories. The hypothesis is that the media, as an intermediate variable, gradually melts and changes the identity of individuals in a community and affects the national security of a given country.According to Barry Buzan (one of the theorists of the Copenhagen School), social security, as one of the five dimensions of national security, is related to a nation’s commitment to shared values and norms. Values and norms are key factors in the solidarity of a nation against external environments. In other words, a nation shapes its national identity through norms and values. If the people of a country move away from the set of shared values and norms, national identity is lost and, as a result, national security is compromised. In the meantime, the media, especially the mass media, such as television and virtual communities, play a very important role in keeping people on a particular opinion and behavior and in shaping or changing the identity of individuals. The present article investigates the impact of the media on social security by examining the characteristics of the social dimension of national security from the perspective of the Copenhagen School as well as the functions of the media and some relevant theories. The hypothesis is that the media, as an intermediate variable, gradually melts and changes the identity of individuals in a community and affects the national security of a given country.https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41477_b0947af7ab97bbe14b24e3ce026d12a8.pdfUniversity of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101Extremism and Laxness in Newspapers of the Persian Constitutional Era (A Pathological Analysis of Critical Approaches in Sur-e-Esrafil, Habl-al-Matin, Qanun, Tamaddon, and Majles Newspapers)Extremism and Laxness in Newspapers of the Persian Constitutional Era (A Pathological Analysis of Critical Approaches in Sur-e-Esrafil, Habl-al-Matin, Qanun, Tamaddon, and Majles Newspapers)11212641478FAMohammad Jafar MohammadzadehJournal Article20170102Although the newspaper industry in Iran had been established in 1836 by Mirza Saleh Shirazi, the peak of the press and its influence began with/ after the Persian Constitutional Campaign. The constitutional decree was signed by Mozaffaraddin Shah when Iran’s press were gradually learning methods of criticism from Persian media outside Iran and the press published in the Caucasus, stepping into political and social criticism. With the victory of the Constitutional Revolution, the establishment of the National Council, and the rise of Mohammad Ali Shah, social criticism began to criticize the ruling regime and the boldness of journalists gradually turned to extremism. Just as the press had played a pivotal role in the victory of the Constitutional Revolution, they triggered its failure and the 1908 bombardment of the constitutional parliament as well. From this historical review, it can be concluded that extremism acts as a deterrent to social movements. Just as laxness causes inertia and stagnation, extremism hinders valuable progressive movements. The present article aims to investigate pathologically the contents of the Constitutional era’s press, including Sur-e-Esrafil, Habl-al-Matin, Qanun, Tamaddon, and Majles Newspapers from this angle.Although the newspaper industry in Iran had been established in 1836 by Mirza Saleh Shirazi, the peak of the press and its influence began with/ after the Persian Constitutional Campaign. The constitutional decree was signed by Mozaffaraddin Shah when Iran’s press were gradually learning methods of criticism from Persian media outside Iran and the press published in the Caucasus, stepping into political and social criticism. With the victory of the Constitutional Revolution, the establishment of the National Council, and the rise of Mohammad Ali Shah, social criticism began to criticize the ruling regime and the boldness of journalists gradually turned to extremism. Just as the press had played a pivotal role in the victory of the Constitutional Revolution, they triggered its failure and the 1908 bombardment of the constitutional parliament as well. From this historical review, it can be concluded that extremism acts as a deterrent to social movements. Just as laxness causes inertia and stagnation, extremism hinders valuable progressive movements. The present article aims to investigate pathologically the contents of the Constitutional era’s press, including Sur-e-Esrafil, Habl-al-Matin, Qanun, Tamaddon, and Majles Newspapers from this angle.https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41478_b3f3e316155caaa7f5d3837d7c3640d6.pdfUniversity of Islamic DenominationsThe Journal of Islamic Ummah Studies2320160101The Quran as an Ethical MediumThe Quran as an Ethical Medium12714441479FAJahandar AminiJournal Article20170102The history of media goes back to the human need for information exchange, that is, to the time of the first people to have started social life on earth. The Quran, as the last and most reliable heavenly book, has served as a religious medium since its first day of revelation to date. The Quran is distinguished from other media for its unique ethical features such as being heavenly and the epitome of legitimacy; credit; relying on arguments in convincing people; adherence to ethics, equity and justice and inclusiveness. The present article studies these features by reference to Quranic verses.The history of media goes back to the human need for information exchange, that is, to the time of the first people to have started social life on earth. The Quran, as the last and most reliable heavenly book, has served as a religious medium since its first day of revelation to date. The Quran is distinguished from other media for its unique ethical features such as being heavenly and the epitome of legitimacy; credit; relying on arguments in convincing people; adherence to ethics, equity and justice and inclusiveness. The present article studies these features by reference to Quranic verses.https://jius.mazaheb.ac.ir/article_41479_b7125dc1b25fa9d2ef3796eebefb8837.pdf