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This research examines intermedia agenda-setting in the context of social and state media in Iran during COVID-19.

December 8, 2025Frontiers in CommunicationOpen Access

Decoupled agendas under repression: social media and state media during COVID-19 in Iran

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This research examines intermedia agenda-setting in the context of social and state media in Iran during COVID-19.
Utilized computational, quantitative, qualitative, and discursive methods
Analyzed data from three social media platforms: Twitter, Telegram, Instagram
Conducted empirical analyses over four datasets from January to April 2020
Found no significant influence between official and social media
Identified platform-segmented agendas with no interplatform coupling
Highlighted contentious frames diverging sharply by platform

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Quantitative and qualitative methods reveal platform-segmented agendas in social and state media during COVID-19 in Iran, suggesting implications for crisis communication.

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Reza Behzadian Nejad (2025) studied this question.

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Quantitative and qualitative methods reveal platform-segmented agendas in social and state media during COVID-19 in Iran, suggesting implications for crisis communication.

Decoupled agendas under repression: social media and state media during COVID-19 in Iran

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Decoupled agendas under repression: social media and state media during COVID-19 in Iran

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