Identifying the tactics of psychological warfare used by Al-Arabia against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the first three months of 2016

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study psychological war tactics which the Al - Arabia satellite channel has been using against the Islamic Republic of Iran. For this issue, the main News - program of the channel will be studied. In this research, the theory of Psychological Warfare has been applied. First, the tactics of psychological war have been recognized by desk study. Then the tactics of psychological warfare which have been used against Iran in the first quarter of 2016 have been studied by a qualitative content study. The method of this research is comparative. The result of the research shows that the Al - Arabia satellite channel have used these tactiks in psychological war against Iran: Big Lie, Labeling, Incitement, Ambiguity and Doubt projection, Transformation, Extreme Generalization, Division, News Ordering, Understating, virtual citing, Enemy Making, Dehumanization of the Opponent, Good Cop and Bad Cop, Applying Weapon Logic, Omission from Main Resource, Mocking and Scoffing, Rumor, Pretending to Unity, Broadcasting the chosen information, Reverse Naming, Charming Generalization, Implication Policy, Spreading the depression, Legend Making, Making artificial Crisis, Magnifying the Side Effects, Inducing the Isolation of the Opponent, Repetition and The Terror

Keywords

• psychological war
• al - arabia satellite channel
• qualitative content study