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Small Media, Big Revolution : Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution by Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi (1994, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press

ISBN-100816622175

ISBN-139780816622177

eBay Product ID (ePID)587374

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameSmall Media, Big Revolution : Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Communication Studies, Media Studies, Civil Rights, Middle East / Iran

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnnabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-046191

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal302.23/0955

Table Of ContentMedia, modernization and mobilization - theoretical overviews; big media, big states and modernization; small media and revolutionary change - a new model; the political economy of media in Iran; media and the state in Iranian history; dependent development and the rise of television; the culture and weapons of opposition; oppositions - secular and religious; cultural criticism, both secular and religious; language, ideology and authority; the revolutionary process; the "heavy artillery" - small media for a big revolution; revolt and revolution - a communications-based narrative; the Islamic Republic, the process of Islamization cultural policy under the Islamic Republic; a new cultural atmosphere; the importance of the Iran experience.

SynopsisReveals how small media (leaflets and audio cassettes) played an important role in the revolution that deposed the Shah of Iran. To most Westerners, the Iranian revolution was a shocking spectacle, a distant mass upheaval suddenly breaking into the daily news. It was, in fact, a revolution of the television era, as these authors book clearly demonstrate. The first account of the role of culture and communication in the Iranian revolution, this is also the first book to consider revolution as communication in the modern world. Coauthored by participants in the revolutionary upheaval, this study reflects an unusual breadth and depth of perspective. Drawing on ten years of research, the authors vividly show how the processes and products of modernization were used to undermine the very foundation of modernity in Iran. Their work reveals how deeply embedded cultural modes of communication coupled with crucial media technologies were able to mobilize a population within a repressive political context.Tracing the use of small media (audio cassettes and leaflets) to disseminate the revolution, the authors challenge much of the theory that has dominated international communication studies-and, in doing so, question the credibility of the established media. They also examine the dilemmas of cultural policy making based on Islamic principles in a media-saturated domestic and international environment., Reveals how small media (leaflets and audio cassettes) played an important role in the revolution that deposed the Shah of Iran. To most Westerners, the Iranian revolution was a shocking spectacle, a distant mass upheaval suddenly breaking into the daily news. It was, in fact, a revolution of the television era, as these authors book clearly demonstrate. The first account of the role of culture and communication in the Iranian revolution, this is also the first book to consider revolution as communication in the modern world. Coauthored by participants in the revolutionary upheaval, this study reflects an unusual breadth and depth of perspective. Drawing on ten years of research, the authors vividly show how the processes and products of modernization were used to undermine the very foundation of modernity in Iran. Their work reveals how deeply embedded cultural modes of communication coupled with crucial media technologies were able to mobilize a population within a repressive political context. Tracing the use of small media (audio cassettes and leaflets) to disseminate the revolution, the authors challenge much of the theory that has dominated international communication studies-and, in doing so, question the credibility of the established media. They also examine the dilemmas of cultural policy making based on Islamic principles in a media-saturated domestic and international environment.

LC Classification NumberP95.82.I7S68 1994