Hamideh Molaei’s research while affiliated with University of Tehran and other places

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Publications (3)


Managing Infodemic on COVID-19 Related Issues: 'Building Resilience to Misinformation' in IRNA and FARS News Agencies Instagram Pages
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April 2021

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The present article aims to investigate the modality of coverage and infodemic management regarding COVID 19 by the two Iranian mainstream media i.e., IRNA and Fars News Agency. To investigate the modality of infodemic management, the article specifically examines ‘building resilience to misinformation’. To reach this aim, content analysis has been used. Data for this study were selected from the Instagram pages of Fars News Agency (@fras_news) and Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) (Irna_1313) from February 19, 2019, the day of the official announcement regarding the first Corona virus case in Iran, until October 25, 2021. In total 218 items were collected, out of which 64 cases were from IRNA and 154 were from Fars News Agency. Both news agencies were examined in terms of infodemic type, Infodemic themes and infodemic sources. The results of the study indicated that in terms of infodemic type, Fars mainly focused on fake news; while IRNA concentrated on prevalent public questions and concerns regarding the Corona virus. In terms of infodemic themes, both news agencies focused on Corona phobia and vaccination. The results of the study indicate that social networking sites are the main sources of spreading infodemic regarding COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, Fake news, Infodemic management, Instagram, Mainstream media, Misinformation

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Election Journalism: Investigating Media Bias on Telegram during the 2017 Presidential Election in Iran

July 2020

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While past studies have predominantly focused on bias in traditional mainstream media in the Western context, this article seeks to explore bias on the Telegram App during the 2017 presidential election in Iran. In doing so, the most visited Telegram news channel titled AkhbareFori (literally meaning breaking news) was selected. Three types of bias (i.e. gatekeeping, coverage and statement) were examined through quantitative content analysis. The results of the study regarding gatekeeping bias show the rate of mainstream sources affiliated to the Reformists was higher than the rate of Conservative sources. In addition, the study indicates that the rate of news coverage from the Reformists was higher than the rate of news coverage from the Conservatives. Moreover, the results indicate that the channel showed higher positive orientation towards the Reformists. Accordingly, AkhbareFori had all three types of bias in favor of the Reformists. Other characteristics of the AkhbareFori channel such as use of news values and tone of news items are also discussed in the article.


Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie

January 2020

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1 This paper aims to investigate the portrayals of Hindu-Muslim relations in recent Bollywood movies with a specific emphasis on the Tanhaji movie. The movie narrates and depicts a religious struggle in the 17 th century for the liberation of India. While Hindu-Muslim relations and conflicts have had many fluctuations throughout the history of India, evidences indicate that the contemporary situation of Muslims have worsened in the country. In parallel with the discriminatory discourses that are becoming prevalent against Muslims in the mainstream Indian society, different types of media represent and justify these actions. Cinema as the most significant type of popular entertainment in India has played an important role in this regard. The results of the present study indicate that by introducing Hindus as heroes who are smart, loyal, brave, diligent and dedicated to their motherland, and Mughal Muslims as violent, cruel and irrational, certain Bollywood movies have provided a significant contrast between the two groups.

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... These themes include the portrayal of Indian society in its films concerning Muslims with stereotypes of terrorism, negative minorities, and (Priya (154) & Ravi, 2013; Rajasekhar & Venkataraghavan, 2013), Fluctuating Muslim-Hindu relations in Bollywood films, which often depict romance, simultaneously exhibit a bias towards India by portraying Muslims as terrorists. (Ali et al., 2012;Falarti et al., 2019;Molaei & Hussain Babaei, 2020;Tiwary, 2011;Zafar, 2018), India's media employs a double standard in shaping the image of Muslims (Anwar et al., 2022;Rafi et al., 2017), and Indian media that creates digital warfare and produces false ideologies framing Muslims as terrorists (Anwar et al., 2022;Hussain Bhat & Hussain Bhat Scholar, 2019). ...

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Unraveling Islamophobia: A Content Analysis of Propaganda in 'The Kashmir Files' 2022 in India
Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie

... So far, few studies have examined TG's role in news dissemination and political communication, and they have mostly focused on countries other than Russia (Ameli and Molaei 2020;Negreira-Rey et al. 2017). In their recent study, Wijermars and Lokot (2022) explored how a platform's image might influence protesters' use of its features. ...

Election Journalism: Investigating Media Bias on Telegram during the 2017 Presidential Election in Iran
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  • July 2020