Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication and Media

Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication and Media

Semiotic Analysis of Women's Identity Politics in Iran International Network’s News During 2022 Events (Death of Mahsa Amini)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 Ph.D Candidate in Women's Studies, Faculty of Women and Family, University of Reliogions and Denominations, Qom, Iran (Corresponding Author)
2 Ph.D Candidate in Women's Studies, Faculty of Women and Family, University of Reliogions and Denominations, Qom, Iran
3 Assistant Proffessor, Department of Cultural Studies, The Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In this study, the news of the Iran International satellite network in the year 2022 and in the period from September 11 to October 15 have been subjected to semiotic analysis with the aim of identifying women's identity politics. For this purpose, by applying the semiotic method of John Fisk, the codes of the selected news files (specifically, 7:00 PM news section of this network) were examined at three levels of social, technical and ideological codes in the aforementioned period, focusing on identity politics, women's identity and the function of the media in identity formation. The semiotics of the aforementioned news reflects the fact that the images and text of the news, after decoding and interpretation, provide the possibility to approach the news content from another perspective. Accordingly, the findings of the study are: the main framework of the relevant news is based on the main goal of weakening and overthrowing the Islamic Republic governance, for which various strategies have been designed; methods such as fueling the conflict between the governance and the people - and especially the women's community - inciting ethnic groups against the system and destroying the value frameworks of religion and governance and producing numerous literature and narratives against it, playing the innocent and making anti-human rights cases and reproducing actions and slogans from feminist movements such as freedom, equality, women's rights, the female body and using symbols and signs that in a way strengthen the collective identity of the resistance and the flow of identity politics.
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isna.ir/news/1401062518836
khabarban.com