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The importance of media coverage of the event of the Arbaeen walking, In the mirror of the opinions of media experts

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Hamid Mohammadi 1
Akbar Nasrollahi 2

1 Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Central Tehran Branch, ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY, Iran

2 Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of Communication Sciences and Media Studies, Central Tehran Branch, ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY, Iran, corresponding author

Abstract
Arabaeen walking ritual is considered as a religious event, a transnational
phenomenon, and the largest human community, But the problem is that
due to the media's relative lack of awareness of the importance of this
phenomenon, it has not been covered by the media as it should be (either
the media of the Islamic world or the Western media).
The present study aims to resolve this ambiguity and ignorance by asking
the question "What are the reasons and necessity of media coverage of
Arbaeen?"
With an exploratory look, she went to the media elites of this field and
answered the mentioned question by interviewing them and in the form of
a method of detailed analysis of the interviews (content analysis method).
It was found that religious, political-social and news reasons make media
coverage of Arbaeen important and necessary.
 

Keywords

Arbaeen walk
media coverage
media experts
importance

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Spektrum Iran
Volume 35, Issue 2
November 2022
Pages 220-239

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