Media and Information: The Case of Iran.

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  • Author(s): Abdo, Geneive
  • Source:
    Social Research. Summer2003, Vol. 70 Issue 3, p877-886. 10p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PRESIDENTIAL elections; KHATAMI, Muhammad, 1943-; POLITICAL campaigns; SLOGANS; POLITICAL posters; ELECTIONS; SOCIETIES; ISLAMIC law
    • Subject Terms:
      IRAN
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the role of media in the public and private spheres of Iran, particularly during election. The presidency of Mohammad Khatami in Iran gave hope for his supporters that the division between the private and the public spheres will be solved. The election was an attempt to enlarge the public sphere at the expense of the private ruling conservative clergy. The themes and slogans used in the election campaign of Mohammad Khatami reflected the effort to redesign the society and the state. The theme aims to create a civil society within the Islamic system and to promote tolerance for competing ideas.