Recognition of Saudi Media Diplomacy in West Asia; A Case Study of Iran International Network Performance
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zahra
mohajeriamiri
1
(Journalism Education Department, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.)
masoud
motallebi
2
(Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Soft power, Saudi Arabia, media diplomacy, Public Diplomacy, Iran International Network,
Abstract :
Along with the globalization of communication and the effective presence of the media in the international arena, traditional diplomacy has changed and "media diplomacy" has emerged as one of the main branches of the foreign policy apparatus. In the past two decades, the importance of using international media has caused the powers of the West Asian region, such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, to think of benefiting from these media. In this regard, this article has been written with the aim of explaining and understanding Saudi Arabia's media diplomacy in West Asia through the media activism of "Iran International" network. The results and findings of this research, which was carried out using the analytical descriptive method, indicate that: Saudi Arabia, after King Salman came to power in 2015, in order to strengthen its foreign policy in pursuit of media hegemony and the use of media tools. It has been in dealing with regional rivals, such as helping to launch the anti-Iranian network "Iran International" against the Islamic Republic of Iran can be counted as one of these measures.
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