نشریه مقابله با عملیات روانی
پیاپی 7 (بهار و تابستان 1398)

Elite migration on one hand describes migration as changing residence, for more than a year outside the political boundaries, and on the other hand it implies an abnormal state of affairs , therefore the term “brain drain” is used to describe such a phenomenon. Migration in general, and elite migration in particular, is often precieved as a social, economic, or maximally political phenomenon.However, in addressing this phenomenon, special attention has been paid to the issue of security, and insecurity in its various dimensions including political, economic, social, cultural and even military dimensions has been cited as the base and the main context for increasing elite immigration. But there is not enough discussion on the security consequences of this issue. So there are two questions, first of all, is elite immigration just a social phenomena, or can it be a national security issue? Secondly, if so, which one would be more effective?To answer these questions, it was hypothesized that, firstly, elite migration is not only a social phenomenon but also a subject for national security, and secondly, there is an interactive relationship between elite migration and national security, and finally, the mechanisms of this interaction can be demonstrated, not on the basis of traditional perceptions of security, but on the basis of new perceptions and the multidimensional aspect of security. Therefore, this study ,with a descriptive-analytical approach, aims to address the issue of elite migration and its impact on national security.

Digital technology today, from a passive defense standpoint, on the one hand, is an integral part of individuals, community and political system’s life, and on the other hands, the lack of digital capabilities or literacy has prevented everyone from entering the digital world, which creates a digital gap in the society. This emerging gap affects the existing cultural gap. That’s why it is necessary to examine the consequences of the digital gap on the cultural gap. In order to answer the question that; how the digital gap has an impact on the cultural gap, it was hypothesized that the digital gap, in addition to the creation of a new digital gap, would have a positive or negative effect on the cultural gap of the community, with the intersection or density of existing cultural gaps. The data were analyzed in the theoretical framework of the sociology of social gaps by descriptive-analytic method. The findings revealed that if the cultural gap caused by the digital gap bridges the cross cultural gaps, it would cause active cultural conflicts, and imposes huge costs on individuals, society and the government

Regarding the concept of psychosocial operations, there is no single definition that is generally accepted, and to some extent, there are different perceptions of the term by different individuals, groups and governments. Today, humans have witnessed the unprecedented prevalence of modern and new media and mass media in the world, which has exposed them to the most intense media waves. The media has various functions, but the bulk of their uses were in the hands of the hegemonic systems, as it can be argued that maintaining and extending the authoritarian power of the hegemonic systems depends on the presence and emergence of the media. The media are the bridges, and, also the means of mastering the thoughts, wills and feelings of humanity in the new era. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of these modern and emerging media on the application of psychological operations. Therefore, using the analytical-descriptive approach and addressing the main question that; what is the impact of modern mass media on the application of psychological operations ?, and also by hypothesizing the threats of new technologies in the areas of cultural, social, educational, political, economic, and security aspects from the perspective of psychological operations, we will consider modern mass media techniques and practices such as social media, positioning, virtual social networks, gadgets communication tools, smart TVs, gaming devices, and etc., in soft war discussions

Many scholars place “security” at the top of the pyramid of human needs and consider it as the most basic and most necessary criterion for satisfying other human material and spiritual needs. Security, although a subjective, psychological, and quite complex subject, is intrinsically comprehensible, and we can not achieve a common perception regarding the term; But the categories of culture and national culture, which are the subject of divergent views, also extend their complexities to the issue of security. As a result, cultural security has become one of the most controversial issues, so that it is difficult to get to a comprehensive ground and a general theory in this area. Culture and security are two normative and valuable words that have been with human beings and evolved with human life.Given the recent global events in various fields, the need to pay attention to the issue of national security and the preparation of cultural infrastructure measures is of great importance. Cultural security is achieved through protecting a culture and the promotion of the conditions necessary for it, to grow and develop its adaptations. Therefore, Islamic culture and values ​​are liberating and they can bring security for both the citizens as well as the Islamic community. This study using descriptive-analytical approach, attempts to describe the views of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on the issues of culture and security. In this study the required data were collected mainly through library studies and relevant databases

The purpose of this study is to observe and exploit the BBC’s Persian hashtag channel (# you). To achieve this, this question was raised; what categories of contents does hashtag # you in BBC Persian channel cover?. To do so,all of the hashtags loaded on this channel, from the beginning of 1397 until Aban 1397(January 2018, until November 2018) which were about 50 hashtags ,were used as the statistical population of the study. After collecting the messages using encoding, the messages were first coded, and in the next step the codes were categorized into specific categories. Then the topics associated with each hashtag were identified. The results indicate that social, economic, health, political, and social networks have the most hashtags. This indicates that these issues have the greatest psychological impact on the masses of people targeted by this telegram channel

This study is an attempt to answere the question that; What are the US social and cultural threats against the slamic Repiblic of iran, based on the guidance of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution? It seeks to address this issue by summarizing the factors and indicators of the US social and cultural threats to the Islamic republic of Iran. In this descriptive research the content analysis method based on the statements, measures and commands of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was used.This study categorizes the orientations, points of emphasis, and the analysis of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution ,regarding the US social and cultural threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran.The results indicate that the factors of the US social and cultural threats are belief, soft war, social cohesion, and affecting the Iranian people’s beliefs and ideas. Moreover, the indicators for these factors are Islamphobia, religious and ideological dissent, intellectual transformation, cultural aggression, cultural penetration, propaganda, influence, dissent, ethnic and racial extremism, confronting beliefs and ideologies, increasing behaviors that conflict with beliefs, producing products that conflict with the beliefs and ideologies