Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant prof. in culture and communication of Azad Uni
2 Mass communication
Abstract
The present survey-based research aims to study the views of experts in Communications Sciences on the role of IRIB radio stations in promoting and developing social participation. The samples in this research were 139 university students and instructors from Azad University at M.A. and Ph.D. levels who were selected through random sampling method and participated in the research by answering a research-made questionnaire.
The findings show that the type of the media, the method of presenting the message in terms of a program, quantitative and qualitative development, and the type of ownership have a significant relationship with social participation.
The domestic radio stations played a positive role and the world service stations played a negative role in social participation. The attendance of MPs and political parties' representatives in radio channels, launching local radios and diversity of radios were also some strategies to boost social participation.
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