Stance Reuters, Bloomberg and the Financial Times on Iran's oil industry in the aftermath of sanctions

Subject Areas : Media Management

Pooya Nematolahi ¹ , Alireza Soltani ² , Behrooz Kavehie ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری ارتباطات
2 - عضو هیئت‌علمی دانشگاه آزاد تهران، واحد مرکز
3 - عضو هیئت علمی سازمان سنجش آموزش کشور

Received: 2017-05-31 Accepted : 2017-09-06 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: the Iranian oil industry, Pasabarjam, Barjam, oil embargoes, media,

Abstract :

The process of economic sanctions against Iran and elimination of sanctions with the nuclear deal, a number of factors and variables to build an active action. Specifically, the Iranian oil industry, was one of the two main objectives of economic sanctions and naturally in space as well as the lifting of sanctions, the oil industry was leading in these conditions. At the same time, in both sections, one of the variables affecting economic sanctions and an oil embargo in particular, the role of the international media. Most of the international media during the sanctions period, playing an active role in the success of sanctions in many forms. In the post-sanctions period, the performance of the media in the atmosphere to implement the terms of the agreement, particularly regarding sanctions Barjam oil industry be investigated. In this regard, the position of International introduced three kinds of media, including Reuters, Bloomberg and Financial Times; sanctions against Iran's oil industry in the sections "Barjam before" and "after Barjam" has been scrutinized.So, during the period from the beginning of 2012 until the end of the first quarter of 2016 media coverage of the three reference was scrutinized news. After the examination the result was that the two media "Reuters" and the "Bloomberg" twice "before Brjam" and "after Brjam" of developments in the industry of oil and the sanctions that the industry is aiming, with shift and how their coverage more positive and supportive approach to tactics rather than negative attitudes have changed.