MAHMUDKHOJA BEHBUDIY AND JADID PRESS

Syria in Iranian Press

The main inquiry of this article is how differently the news of uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen and Syria has been covered in conservative and reformist press. In the section of theories, a review of agenda-setting and social constructionism has been offered and using theory of constructivism the role of values, identity and norms in social uprisings has been studied. In this article, ten newspaper...

Electronic press: 'Press-like' or 'television-like'?

A notable development of recent times has been the exponential increase of video content available on newspaper websites. The technological convergence between press and broadcasting throws into sharp relief the historically disparate regulation of the two sectors. As long as no political consensus on regulatory convergence can be reached, the question of how to distinguish between text-based a...

Parliament, Press and Broadcasting

The debate in the Lords on the Hospital Service, held on April 26th roved over a wide field but the mental health service had its full share of attention. Lord Stonham, who had initiated the debate, referred to the "disastrous speech" made by the Minister at the Annual Conference ?f the National Association for Mental Health and the forecast that in fifteen years only half the present number of...

Parliament, Press and Broadcasting

In reply to a question on July 11th, the Minister of Health stated that the Government welcomed the imaginative concept of World Mental Health Year; and that his Ministry had been cooperating with those responsible for the arrangements for observing the Year in this country, including Mental Health Week. On August 5th, Miss Edith Pitt, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health announced...

Press, Radio and Television