The Islamic Revolution Approach

The Islamic Revolution Approach

How to represent Lebanon's Hezbollah in Al-Manar and Press TV media

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Saeed Sadraeian 1
Mohammad sadegh Koushki 2
1 Department of Regional Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran
2 Department of Regional Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Lebanon's Hezbollah is the most important known resistance group against the Zionist regime and has been supported by Iran since the beginning of the revolution. This article aims to study the representation of this powerful military-political party in two media outlets: Al-Manar (belonging to Hezbollah) and PressTV (belonging to the National Broadcasting Center of J.A. Iran). . The main question of this research is: How do these two media represent Hezbollah? Which media policies did the aforementioned representation reflect, and to what extent did it contribute to stabilizing the position of the aforementioned party, especially in the Lebanese society? The hypothesis of this research is based on the fact that in order to explain the goals of a group and help stabilize its position, media policies play an important role in the representation of the said group, in creating trust in the audience. The result of the research from the investigation of the representation done in both media indicates that Al-Manar has been able to attract many audiences and play an important role in strengthen the position of Hezbollah. This issue, due to the single-centered policies of PressTV, focusing only on the issue of resistance, has caused the representation of the said party to be carried out only in the field of resistance against the occupying Zionist regime. This article is presented with a descriptive and analytical qualitative method, and its data has been collected from library sources as well as television archives and the website of the two mentioned media.
Keywords
Hezbollah
Lebanon
representation
media
Al-Manar
Press TV
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