Media Content Verification Solutions With a Passive Defense Approach

Today, with the emergence of new media technologies and the emergence of problems caused by fake content, the media space has faced a big challenge. This article examines the methods presented by Daran with the aim of accessing patterns that can verify media content. The main question is, what solutions can be provided to verify media content? This research assumes that the verification of media content in the virtual space ensures the psychological security of the society.In this article, we have studied the issue from the perspective of media activists, communication and professors of the country's universities with a qualitative method based on in-depth interviews. The statistical population of this research includes twelve media activists and academics who have experience working or managing media. At the beginning, a list of the target group was prepared and the most experienced people were selected in the field of the research topic. After the interview, the prominent propositions were extracted and organized and analyzed in a general category, and the resulting methods were introduced in the form of four categories including governance measures, technological measures, culture building and models. Therefore, based on the obtained methods, Iranian news organizations and media audiences will be able to deal with fake content by relying on the findings of this research.