Social psychology of the unrest of 2022 with an emphasis on the role of foreign media in Persian, especially the Iran International network.

Subject Areas : social psychology

َAlireza Sarvestani ¹ , farzad navidi nia ² , fraydun akbarzadeh ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Khoramshahr International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoramshahr, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Andimeshk Branch, Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk, Iran
3 - Assistant professor and faculty member of the political science department, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Received: 2024-01-02 Accepted : 2024-07-30 Published : 2024-09-14

Keywords: Social psychology, protest, unrest, theory of relative deprivation,

Abstract :

The Islamic Republic of Iran always faces protests and social unrest due to the plans of the enemies on the basis of one of the internal events. At the end of September 2022, due to the death of one of the iranian citizens, there were riots in the country. This research was designed and implemented with the aim of investigating the social psychology of the 2022 riots, emphasizing the role of Persian language foreign media, especially the Iran International Network. In general, the root of the formation of these protests can be seen in crises that cause deep dissatisfaction among the people with political institutions. In the contemporary world, protest and social movements have always been an important lever in social, political and cultural transformations. In this research, Ted Robert Gurr's theory of relative deprivation (2001) as well as documentary and library analysis methods was used to investigate the root of unrest. The results of this research showed that unrest as a social and psychological phenomenon that was widely observed among young people and especially women, showed a deep dissatisfaction with the social and economic conditions of the country. These unrests were rooted in the feeling of insecurity, discrimination and social inequality. Meanwhile, the activities and provocations of the foreign media, especially the Iran International Network, played a direct and central role in the escalation of discontent, political activism, the spread of the virus of gatherings, the mental desecration of public opinion, vandalism, tarnishing the image of the regime and its officials and security and military organizations. This network represented the protests of 2022 as national, ideological and purposeful protests.

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