Performance Evaluation of Interactive Effects of Music and Poetry with Social Conditions of Iran
Fereshte Soltani,
Majid Akhshabi
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2015
Pages:
1-5
Received:
16 October 2014
Accepted:
27 October 2014
Published:
3 November 2014
Abstract: This study is a documentary study which investigates the relationship between music and Iran social conditions according to Marx-Weber theory through reviewing the history of music from pre-Islamic to the present time. It investigates the reasons for which rap music is welcomed in Iran, with the aim of analyzing that whether rap in Iran is an outcome of social conditions and community needs or just is a variety seeking and ground breaking type against the general rules of music. Comparative study of 8 historical period showed that music has always been influenced by the social conditions but this effect was not one-sided and it has influenced social conditions contravention, acceleration or fulfillment of a historical event in many historical periods, for example, dissemination of liberal ideas in constitutional revolution, the formation of a soft resistance in the revolution of 1978 and motivating young people to participate in the war during the Iran-Iraq, was through music.Therefore, the results of this study, regarding the relationship between culture and society, corroborated Marx-Weber theory and showed that the relationship between music and social conditions is not unilateral and passive, but the relationship is mutual and reciprocal. To answer the question on the reason for the formation of rap music in Iran, results showed that rap has a critical foundation and originally it was firmed to criticize the social and political conditions. Iranian rap lyrics are mainly critical and made according to the needs of society with the aim of challenging the general rules.This article suggests that authorities should pay much attention on the message of rap music; criticisms and objections expressed in this language.
Abstract: This study is a documentary study which investigates the relationship between music and Iran social conditions according to Marx-Weber theory through reviewing the history of music from pre-Islamic to the present time. It investigates the reasons for which rap music is welcomed in Iran, with the aim of analyzing that whether rap in Iran is an outco...
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Performance Evaluation of Public Media in Dealing with Social Disorders
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2015
Pages:
6-9
Received:
24 October 2014
Accepted:
31 October 2014
Published:
5 November 2014
Abstract: The present article is the result of research which was conducted in 2012 to assess the media consumption of couples in Grogan, Iran and cases that satellite and television are role-model for families and the impact which media consumption has on couples’ tendency to infidelity. The statistical sample of this study consisted of 400 men and women who mostly were in the first 5 years of their shared life. The research was a survey one and multi-stage sampling was used. Results showed that 84 percent of couples watch television between 1 and 6 hours and 16 percent of couples watch it between 7 to 9 hours a day. 86.2 percent of the respondents have stated that from very low to quite a lot they like the ideas that satellite and television broadcast and benchmark them. According to their own statement their life style and their behavior mostly were influenced. Overall, 63.8 percent of respondents had a positive view towards the satellite which represents the success of satellite in gaining the trust of the majority of the audiences. The findings on measuring the tendency to infidelity suggest that more than 20 percent of couples agreed infidelity items and more than 40 percent were indifferent, only 36.2 percent of respondents disagreed. Finally, the assessment of relationship between media consumption and tendency to infidelity revealed that there is a direct relationship between these two variables, means the couples who were exposed to media consumption had more tendency toward infidelity.
Abstract: The present article is the result of research which was conducted in 2012 to assess the media consumption of couples in Grogan, Iran and cases that satellite and television are role-model for families and the impact which media consumption has on couples’ tendency to infidelity. The statistical sample of this study consisted of 400 men and women wh...
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