Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Ali Shaker ¹
• mohammad mehdi Forghani ²

¹ phd student of Allameh Tabatabaei university

² professor/Allame Tabatabaie

Abstract

Social networks based on Web 2 have provided some possibilities for reporters to cover conflicts, regardless of organizational constraints. The main concern of this article is how much the journalists are involved in covering the water conflict in Gheyzaniyeh, and did they use the peace journalism news values for conflict resolution?
To answer these questions, we used a mixed-methods of network analysis and thematic analysis. Then, after extracting 51,169 tweets about Gheyzaniyeh in the period of six mounth we identified the users who spread messages. In the other words, we Identified Connectors, mavens, and salesmen.
We also specified the three clusters with the highest percentage based on the modularity index. afterward, by the method of thematic analysis and based on the peace journalism model the forms of violence has specified.
The results show that journalists are not the main actors in spreading messages within the network, and instead, all main users tweet with unknown accounts.
mainstream accounts (like BBC Persian and Manoto TV) have the most reached tweets and the most posts have been tweeted at the time of the conflict (June 1) and they have a reactive-oriented approach, which in practice creates the polarised between the Rouhani government - the Revolutionary Guards and the State - people.
Also, a special review of the tweets of journalists who have published tweets during this period, shows that they have a more analytical approach than ordinary users and try to give users more background information about what happened instead of emotional reaction.

Keywords

• "Peace Journalism"
• "Social Networking"
• "Social Media
• Twitter"
• "Peace"