Iranian Social Domestic News in English Media:

Recent Election in Iran and the Foreign Interpretation

                          Photo from Aljazeera

          News is the communication of some selected information on current events which is presented by any kind of media including print, television, radio and internet to a mass audience. The nature of news can be defined variously depending on the audience interest and how it is brought the attention to the community in which the news is presented. As the result, the way the news is presented can influence the audience mind and consequently the way it is interpreted. Any single sentence of any news and the style of its writing or even its reading may have a specific role in the different interpretation of the same news in different communities and among different people.Therefore, minor differences in translation can profound consequences.
 

Therefore it can be said that the way the news is interpreted may be signified with the linguistic features of a language including lexicons, grammatical aspects, intonation in spoken news or even the style of writing in print (using punctuations, bold and large fonts and so on). Generally speaking, the style of presenting news may be directly related to the linguistic features of each language among the native speakers of that language. Consequently, the translation of news into any language and the way the translation influences the interpretation and correct understanding of the same news may vary from one language to another and from one community to another based on how the translator translates it and what kind of tools she/he exploits to provide the same influence and interpretation in the target language as it was in the source language/society. 

Paying attention to the effect of strategies in translating news, this research is going to consider a number of important Iranian social and economic domestic news in English media, and if these reports are written, reported or translated in a way to influence the audience interpretation. It aims to take into account various English versions of single social or economic Iranian news pieces in different English media (including CNN, BBC and Aljazeera) in order to examine any difference in broadcasting the same news in different countries such as the United States, Britain and Middle East countries; and, how they differ with the English media inside Iran.

The Upcoming research aims to consider the recent election in Iran, the victory of Hassan Rouhani as a reformist candidate among the candidates of other parties such as hard liners and the related issues affected by his victory. Some topics within a specific time period will be chosen then they are taken into account from the perspective of CNN, BBC and Aljazeera.

As the study of the above mentioned topic goes on, the progress and the temporary results will be posted on this blog.