Media policy-making in the Islamic Republic of Iran case study; Khatami and Ahmadinejad governments
Subject Areas : علوم سیاسیAli Toyserkani 1 , Mohammad Tohidfam 2
1 - PhD Candidate of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor of the Department of Political Science-Political Thought and Iranian Issues, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: policy-making, Khatami, media policy-making, Ahmadinejad. publication,
Abstract :
An important part of the macro policy process of a political system can be identified with media policy-making. This identification becomes better and more efficient when comparing the quality and quantity of policies of two different governments with two different approaches within a political system. In this research, an attempt is made to make a comparative study regarding the media policies of the two governments of Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The main question of this research states that "What is the main difference between the media policies of Khatami and Ahmadinejad governments?" In response, the main hypothesis states that "Khatami's media policies affect one aspect of the mass media (the press) and this is while the media policies of the Ahmadinejad’s government have influence and power over the national media. The findings of this study show that parallel management structures and interference in policy-making in the Islamic Republic of Iran have made the governments of Khatami and Ahmadinejad succeed in one part of their media policies.