Document Type : Original Article

Author

• ramin shamsaeinia

Faculty of Communication Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran

Abstract

The research provides a conceptual framework to explain the three superpowers affecting the changes in the West Asian region, including; The axis of resistance, Arab governments that are not aligned with the resistance and interventionist extra-regional governments and the discourses and social forces that follow them, and after reviewing the fields of formation and legal positioning of the Iraq Hashd al-Shaabi (Issue), using the theories of the Media framing and conceptualization deals with the analysis of supportive discourse (method) and critical counter-discourse of the media around this resistance group. After counting 64 media axes (found), deepening and concluding the central signifiers of these discourses, it shows that the counter-discourse media of resistance in the cross-border part of Iraq 4 strategies "dependence on Iran", "fear of the development of Shiite sectarianism", "unification of Arab reactionary governments on against the Hashd", "production of parallel movements of the Hashd" and as a result its conflict with the "security and reliability of the governance of the Arab governments of the region" have been used. In contrast to the resistance discourse media, they have designed 2 strategies of "explanation with layered analysis" and "confrontation with production against the flow" focusing on its impact on "providing Iraq's national interests" and "synergy with resistance groups".

Keywords

• Discourse analysis
• Iraq Hashd al-Shaabi
• media diplomacy
• media policymaking
• Islamic world

Main Subjects

• Political Science and International Relations