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The Problem of Disclosure in Elections and Media Tactics

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Sedigheh Hamedaninezhad 1
Abbas Ali Rahbar 2
1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Islamic Education, Faculty of of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Allameh Tabataba'i, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: s_hamedaninezhad@aut.ac.ir
2 Corresponding author, Associate Professor, Department of Political science, Faculty of Law and political science, University of Allameh Tabataba'i, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: aa.rahbar@aut.ac.ir
10.22034/lrsi.2025.484094.1269
Abstract
Objective: This article was initially formed with the aim of examining the issue of disclosure in elections, since the media today play a very important role in the matter of elections, and one of the points that is necessary for the proper planning and management of the media in socio-political issues such as elections is to pay attention to strategies which governs the world of media that regardless of these tactics, a social issue such as disclosure will turn into a crisis; Based on this, in this article, an attempt has been made to investigate the issue of disclosure in elections based on the combined model of Luzik socio-political problemology, which is a well-known model in identifying and solving socio-political problems, so that based on this model, a way can be presented. Suitable solutions were found in this field and manage the consequences that may spread to society and create a crisis.
Methods The data collection of this article was done in documentary form and after the data collection, it was done based on the interpretative approach in the form of qualitative content that was proposed in the linguistic problem model.
Results: The findings of this research, which were obtained with the proposed method, include media tricks such as exaggeration, division, distortion, and rumor-mongering, which according to the 6 elements of vocabulary; "need", "dissatisfaction" and "deprivation", "problematic", "common" and "variable"; Sometimes these tricks are implemented in the media during the elections, based on the 6 components of the Luzik problematic model, these tricks under the title of raising awareness for the right choice have led to the creation of a problem under the title of disclosure in the elections And the creation of this social-political problem can be easily managed by implementing the solutions proposed in the Lozik model and prevent crises and the formation of other social-political problems.
Conclusions: Based on the findings in This article of the research, the lack of proper management of the issue of disclosure in the elections, with an emphasis on the Lozik problem model, has led to the formation of disclosure during the elections as an important socio-political issue, which if not managed based on the Lozik solutions such as organizational and human ethics. It results in the reduction of the effectiveness of the elections or the rotation of the elites in improving the existing situation and solving the problems in the eyes of the people, as well as the reduction of social capital and other results of this kind, which are expected with the proper management of the media and avoiding spreading awareness under tricks. who by misusing this informative tool to express things called revelations during the elections, which have a lot of effects on the society and among the negative effects of the issue of disclosure inside the country is the reduction of participation in the elections, and the loss of national honor abroad, which must be prevented in order to return psychological peace and political trust to the society.
Keywords
Elections
Media Tactics
Media
Luzik Model
 
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