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The Role of Modern Audio-Visual Media in the Construction of Iranian National Identity

dc.contributor.authorAbbasian, Kaveh
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-08T14:38:57Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T14:23:36Z
dc.date.available2021-06-08T14:38:57Z
dc.date.issued08.06.2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9010.2
dc.description.abstractThis paper sheds light on a less explored aspect of the modern construction of Iranian national identity. It investigates the role of modern audio-visual media including cinema, radio and television in this modern construction. Although the study of Iranian national identity has developed well beyond the orthodox romantic nationalist approach dominant during the 20th century, not enough attention has been given to the study of modern audio-visual media. While the printing press had an important role in the construction of what Benedict Anderson calls an ‘imagined community’ of Iranians, it was the emergence of cinema, radio and television that crucially contributed to the spread of the Persian language as the national language of Iranians. I also argue that these media were essential in the propagation of the nationalist ideology of the Pahlavi dynasty. Another widely overlooked area in Iranian media studies is the importance of the 1979 Revolution in further popularization of audio-visual media. I investigate recently published data from research conducted in 1974 in order to show that despite the availability of these media, many Iranians refrained from using them, mainly due to religious reasons. The 1979 Revolution and the subsequent Islamization of the audio-visual media, however, changed this dynamic and accelerated the popularization of these media even among the hardliner religious population. This contributed to further construction of an Iranian national identity.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9000.2
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectIranian national identity
dc.subjectnationalism
dc.subjectaudio-visual media
dc.subjectcinema
dc.subjectradio
dc.subjecttelevision
dc.subjectPahlavi dynasty
dc.subjectthe Islamic Republic
dc.subjectthe Iranian Revolution
dc.subject20th century
dc.titleThe Role of Modern Audio-Visual Media in the Construction of Iranian National Identity
dc.typeWissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.publisher.nameIOA / BIGS-OAS
dc.publisher.locationBonn
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.relation.eissn2748-5641
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume2021
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issueIssue 01
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart29
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend52
dc.relation.zdb3058590-9
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleBOAS insights
ulbbn.pubtypeErstveröffentlichung
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