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The Axis of Resistance in Virtual Space: Media Perspectives of Iranian Proxy Militias
The Axis of Resistance in Virtual Space: Media Perspectives of Iranian Proxy Militias
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202103616
- ISBN
- 9798286498956
- DDC
- 305
- 저자명
- Stranger, Emily.
- 서명/저자
- The Axis of Resistance in Virtual Space: Media Perspectives of Iranian Proxy Militias
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Indiana University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 249 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-01, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Choksy, Jamsheed.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This doctoral dissertation explores how Iranian -supported organizations, often identified or labeled as proxies, are portrayed in the virtual space by Iranian media outlets, militia social media accounts, and western sources. Most analyses by Western think tanks, media, and even government agencies focus solely on the Axis of Resistance in Iranian foreign policy and strategy, or by examining militias individually. This study investigates whether Iranian media outlets and militia virtual platforms collectively construct a narrative that creates, propagates, and reinforces the objectives of an Iran-supported Axis of Resistance which challenges Western narratives about Iranian proxy forces. Moreover, this study explores the prevalent Western narrative that Iran, through the Axis of Resistance, is rebuilding-or attempting to rebuild-a new Persian Empire in the Middle East.The research was conducted in two phases to collect data that captures how Iranian media outlets portray militias and how the militias define themselves virtually. Phase I observed the reporting of militia activity by Iranian sources following Operation al-Aqsa Flood, the Liberation of Mosul, the Liberation of Aleppo, and Operation Khan Tuman; Phase II explores how militias portray themselves via websites, social media accounts, or both. A content analysis of both phases examines how both Iranian state media and Iranian-supported militia's construction of reality in the Middle East differs from Western media constructions. Structural frameworks of empire are utilized to define the relationship of IRI, the "Core," with peripheral areas that were once part of previous Persian empires. Classification systems of strategic narratives - plus bifurcated framing types and mechanisms for attraction - are applied to thematic analyses of collected data. The results reveal that Iran and its proxies transmit strategic narratives into the virtual environment as a form of soft power to influence peoples in the periphery and nearby regions.
- 일반주제명
- Middle Eastern studies
- 일반주제명
- Web studies
- 일반주제명
- Film studies
- 키워드
- Persian Empires
- 키워드
- Iran
- 키워드
- Militia
- 키워드
- Proxy forces
- 키워드
- Soft power
- 기타저자
- Indiana University Central Eurasian Studies
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-01A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■500 ▼aSource: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-01, Section: A.
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■5021 ▼aThesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2025.
■520 ▼aThis doctoral dissertation explores how Iranian -supported organizations, often identified or labeled as proxies, are portrayed in the virtual space by Iranian media outlets, militia social media accounts, and western sources. Most analyses by Western think tanks, media, and even government agencies focus solely on the Axis of Resistance in Iranian foreign policy and strategy, or by examining militias individually. This study investigates whether Iranian media outlets and militia virtual platforms collectively construct a narrative that creates, propagates, and reinforces the objectives of an Iran-supported Axis of Resistance which challenges Western narratives about Iranian proxy forces. Moreover, this study explores the prevalent Western narrative that Iran, through the Axis of Resistance, is rebuilding-or attempting to rebuild-a new Persian Empire in the Middle East.The research was conducted in two phases to collect data that captures how Iranian media outlets portray militias and how the militias define themselves virtually. Phase I observed the reporting of militia activity by Iranian sources following Operation al-Aqsa Flood, the Liberation of Mosul, the Liberation of Aleppo, and Operation Khan Tuman; Phase II explores how militias portray themselves via websites, social media accounts, or both. A content analysis of both phases examines how both Iranian state media and Iranian-supported militia's construction of reality in the Middle East differs from Western media constructions. Structural frameworks of empire are utilized to define the relationship of IRI, the "Core," with peripheral areas that were once part of previous Persian empires. Classification systems of strategic narratives - plus bifurcated framing types and mechanisms for attraction - are applied to thematic analyses of collected data. The results reveal that Iran and its proxies transmit strategic narratives into the virtual environment as a form of soft power to influence peoples in the periphery and nearby regions.
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■650 4▼aFilm studies
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■71020▼aIndiana University▼bCentral Eurasian Studies.
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■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17357906▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
