Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D. Student, Department of Communication Sciences, UAE Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Communication and Media, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
ose: The present study tries to present the news preparation and coverage of BBC Persian, VOA and Al-Alam news sites on the subject of white marriage in the same period of time in order to identify differences and similarities in the news, identify the relevant components and Offer. The purpose of this study is a comparative representation of "white marriage" news.
Materials and Methods: This study includes 3 main objectives, 7 sub-objectives and 12 hypotheses. The sampling method in this study is a census and includes all the news that are recorded in the mentioned sites. The main purpose of this study was to investigate how selectivity, knowledge of methods and techniques of representing the social phenomenon of "white marriage" in the news sites of Al-Alam, Persian BBC and VOA. The research method used in this research is content analysis. In content analysis, the researcher analyzes the messages they have generated. In this study, all news related to white marriage (in 1396 and 1397) that have been published in the news sites "Al-Alam", "BBC" and "Voice of America", is considered as a statistical population. The sampling method is numerical and to conduct this research, all the news related to white marriage in the mentioned news sites; The collection was extracted through coding sheets and in accordance with the instructions, the codes were extracted and the data were processed using SPSS software.
Findings: The results of the study showed that in representing the social phenomenon of "white marriage" in the media, news coverage was republished using media methods and techniques. Also, a significant relationship was observed between the sites in terms of the amount of news coverage dedicated to the phenomenon of white marriage.
Conclusion: Based on the research findings, most of the news related to the phenomenon of white marriage was covered by the BBC Persian news site in the form of process-oriented news with inferential headlines and using the news values of dealing in social and judicial spheres.
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