Explaining the role of media dominance centered on your network in ethnic integration in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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mohammad  kavyani ¹ (A student of Azad University, Najaf Abad Branch)
ali  amiri ² (استادیار گروه جغرافیا، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه لرستان، خرم آباد، تهران، ایران)
masoud  motallebi ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Golestan, Iran)
حجت  مهکویی ⁴ (استادیار گروه جغرافیا، واحد نجف آباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نجف آباد، ایران)

Received: 2023-02-21 Accepted : 2023-02-21 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: structural equation modeling, ethnic convergence, media dominance, your network,

Abstract :

In areas with ethnic diversity, convergence can lead to the realization of social resilience, social capital, and national unity and solidarity. In the meantime, one of the main tools of the political economy of space is the media, which can strengthen convergence in the territorial area by adopting a good governance approach. This study tries to show whether media dominance can cause ethnic convergence in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this regard, this research with a practical purpose and a descriptive-analytical method has tried to cover this goal with a survey of experts and a targeted Delphi method. The results of his study show that the realization of media dominance in your network can play a positive and beneficial role in the realization of ethnic integration in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In fact, the structural modeling of the influence of media dominance on the realization of ethnic integration shows that this effect has been positive and significant to the extent of 0.76.