Analyzing the cultural contexts of realizing the possibility of a civil society in Iran

This research seeks to identify and analyze the key motivations of realizing the possibility of a civil society in Iran by emphasizing on cyberspace. The research uses the structural analysis (mic mac) methodology. The process applied in this research starts by studying the empirical research literature and theoretical studies, and deducts the key motivations of the cyberspace which are influential on the possibility of realization of a civil society in Iran. In the next step the Micmac software was used to create and analyze the matrix of the intersecting motivations. In order to do so the ideas of 12 academic experts and intellectuals who are professionally working on cyberspace, political studies, media and communication and sociology have been sought to proofread all the motivations. The research results show that after the motivations impact, public awareness in the first grade, the free flow of information in the second grade, the pluralism and strengthening the social institutions and parties_ both at the same time_ are ranked in the third grade of influence on the realization of the civil society. Finally, the three motivations of free flow of information, creating various discourses and strengthening the social institutions and parties were identified as regulatory and balancing variations which means these motivations can have positive impacts on realizing the civil society. We can realize the civil society by planning on and creating policies for managing these motivations.