New communication technologies and the emergence of new activists in international relation

Through the convergence of satellite and internet networks, new communication technologies have opened the platform for the emergence of new actors, including governments, organizations, companies, groups, and new personalities to enter the field of foreign policy and openly compete with traditional powers in the field of international relations. Investigating the impact of new technologies on the emergence of new actors in the international field is the main goal of this research. In the theoretical framework of the research, the approach of liberalism and power and technology theorists (Nye and Toffler) have been used. The statistical population of the research includes all university professors and students of post-graduate courses in political science and communication sciences, experts and media experts across the country in 2019 and the sample size was estimated to be 384 according to Cochran's formula. This research was carried out in a descriptive-analytical way using the survey method and researcher-made questionnaire tools, and descriptive statistics and factor analysis statistics were used to analyze the research findings. The findings of the research showed that new communication technologies, including five factors of web and mobile social networks, cyber journalism, virtual space, satellite networks and the Internet (search engines), in the emergence of global actors (transnational and international organizations, multinational companies, new governments and terrorist groups) are influential. But these influences are not the same and the biggest impact is attributed to the two factors of the Internet and virtual space.