Document Type : Research Paper
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Department of Media Management, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Media Management, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract
In recent decades, researchers have sought to gain a better understanding of the role of the media in soft warfare and psychological operations through interdisciplinary studies. Soft warfare without the use of hard power seeks to eliminate the thinking and thinking of the target community and psychological operations, planned efforts to influence the attitudes and behavior and to accompany the thinking of the target audience. Today, the media, due to the nature of awareness and information transfer, is known as the main platform for psychological operations. The present study is a descriptive-applied type that uses the data method of the foundation and Maxqda software, after library studies, Data extraction and coding as well as in-depth and specialized interviews with experts have been done in order to extract the pattern of psychological and media operations. The statistical population consisted of 10 experts in military and media organizations and experts in the field of soft warfare and psychological operations and the media who were involved in the processes of coding, classifying concepts, identifying components and dimensions, and extracting the initial pattern of participation. Have had. The research findings showed that the process of psychological warfare and psychological media operations include a diverse range of components and effective dimensions, including: methods, communication media, target community, approaches, goals, He pointed out its contexts and consequences.
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