Birth of newspaper: Genealogical perspective

The purpose of this study is to investigate the historical conditions of the birth of newspaper and its relations to power in contemporary Iran. To this end, the birth of newspaper will be explained in the forces field. Emphasizing the logic of governance, catastrophic events (such as cholera and famine), and the logic of the modern world order, we find discursive and non-discursive platforms for the emergence of the newspaper. Historical study indicates that the birth of newspaper is directed to "education" and "governance". Catastrophic events made populations visible to the government as a locus of wealth and crisis. In another level the mentality of the populations became problematic for the government. and the newspaper was set up to control and manage the public thoughts in Iran. The concept of news, before the newspaper, generally meant the court and was formed around the information system, in the new discourse, it was linked with public opinion and governance practices and became one of the power techniques for managing public opinion.