Communication Research

Muharram in TV; Content Analysis of Muharram TV Programs in 2019

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Gholamreza Mohammadimehr 1
Seyyed Ahmad Mohammadi Bahrani 2

1 Political Sciences, Researcher in IRIB Research Center

2 Criminal Law, Researcher in IRIB Research Center

https://doi.org/10.22082/cr.2020.135352.2076
Abstract
The purpose of this article was to study how the dimensions of the Ashura movement represented in tv. The analysis unit, items and statistical population, included all programs that were broadcast in from channels 1, 2, 3, 4, Amoozesh, Ofogh, Shoma and Jam–e Jam of IRIB in the first 13 days of Muharram in 2019. The sample size was equal to the statistical population of the research and all were talk show and mixed program regarding to the purpose of the research. The results showed that more than half of the studied programs (52.4%) were related to the cognitive aspects and 38.4% were related to the emotional aspects of Imam Hussein movement. Almost 10% of the their times included common items (e.g. Greetings, introducing program and expert, ways to communicate with the program, etc.). The characteristics and abilities of Imam Hussein to save man and society and the expression of moral characteristics of his family and companions were discussed 28.3% of the time. Only 4.5 percent of the expert items were associated to the causes of Imam Hussein's uprising, and this issue as an independent issue was not much considered in the programs. The historical background of the uprising in almost 15% and the events related to the movement in almost one-fifth (18.5%) of the time of programs were discussed. The reasons and goals of the uprising of imam hosein and to critique the conflicting views in this regard, which is the basis of the epistemological dimensions related to the Ashura movement, must be discussed in the future.

Keywords

Imam Hosein Movement
Talk Show Programs
Representation Theory
Reasons and Consequences of Ashura Movement
Subjects
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  • Receive Date 30 August 2020
  • Revise Date 16 November 2020
  • Accept Date 26 December 2020

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