پژوهش نامه فرهنگ و رسانه (نامه فرهنگ و ارتباطات)
سال چهارم شماره 1 (پیاپی 7، پاییز و زمستان 1398)

Though a lot of research has been done on the effects of monetary and banking sectors of economics, their impact on socio-cultural domains, a more important issue, has been neglected. Here, after offering a definition of the nature of money as an institution, we have explored the effects of the monetary sector on socio-cultural domain of economics using library method. It has been concluded that despite their very harmful effects on socio-cultural systems and their causing social capital decline, these have been neglected when it comes to the cost effectiveness of monetary system. The research objective then is to estimate and analyze these effects.

Emanuel Levinas, a philosopher of ethics, is highly concerned with the concept of otherness and feels highly responsible for "the other". This article tries to deal with this concept in the thought of Levinas and concentrate on the specific role it could serve in Shi'a and Sunni intercultural communication in Iran. Here, the Iranian Shi'as are considered as "the self" and Sunnis as "the other", and based on Levinas's theory we have sought ways to ameliorate the communication between the two sects for the sake of establishing more national and religious solidarity. The method adopted is documentary and library research with descriptive-analytical approach examining the existing cultural and communicative problems among Iranian Shi'as and Sunnis, and offering ways to solve them. The solutions can be listed as follows: improving mutual relation between Shi'as and Sunnis, improving their mutual knowledge, the necessity of paying more attention to minority groups' rights, respecting other groups' sacred beliefs and avoiding offense. It seems that these are to be included in the Islamic Republic of Iran's policies vis-a-vis Sunni groups.

A recurrent Quranic term is extravagance (israf). This is considered by both the holy Quran and Traditions so abhorrent that those who practice it are dismissed from God's favor and grace. Though the socio-cultural effects of this vice has been elaborated upon within personal domain, its impact on the state sector has almost been neglected. The article, therefore, has focused on the latter after offering a definition of the concept based on religious instructions using library and descriptive analytical method.The results show that this type of extravagance has several effects, namely socio-cultural rift, expansion of consumerism, improper use of divine bounty and the occurrence of ungratefulness to God's favors, expansion of raw material sales in the managerial sector and its extension to public culture, disturbance of social equilibrium and the rise of poverty in society.

The Palestinian issue has been one of the most significant events in the Middle East in recent century, engaging almost all countries worldwide and especially the regional players. Iran has been no exception in this regard and has endeavored to determine its role in the wake of the establishment of Israel. The Iranian government's stance and discourse at that time could be defined as one of ambiguity and cautious approval. This article makes a survey of Pahlavi regime's discourses in order to explain the whys and the wherefores of its recognizing Israel and the background and framework of this recognition by using practical discourse analysis method.

The modern American Right is today rooted in the coalition of Neoliberalism proponents and religious conservatism. This has brought a conspicuous impact on the formation of American policy today. It has occurred at a time when each of the two sides has its own distinct and contradictory worldview. It is due to this point that the investigation into the whys and wherefores of the so-called coalition between neoliberalism as a secular school and religious conservatism as a fundamentalist becomes noticeable.The researcher believes that a key linking factor here is the concept of social welfare. Offering welfare services by non-governmental religious institutions has become a matter of interest among both secular neoliberalism and fundamentalist Christian movements in recent decades. We have reached a deeper view of the nature and challenges of this coalition in the American contemporary scene and also worldwide by surveying its historical background.The conclusion is that social welfare plans offered by American religious institutions have a high capacity for consolidating this type of coalition, since it provides some scientifically-based sharing interests and not theoretical ones. Meanwhile, the multidimensional nature of social welfare has rendered the execution of the policy practically difficult, to the extent that some types of activities that aim to boost faith-based social welfare services can weaken, and not strengthen, the above-mentioned coalition.

The Iranian social harms have a variety of causes. Ordinary people commonly don't take heed of the multidimensional characteristics of these causes. Divorce is one of these harmful phenomena in the Iranian Islamic society and the printed media play a big role in directing the public opinion in this regard. This paper is to examine how this phenomenon and its causes are portrayed in the country's media using content analysis. To do this all 9111issues of Iran Newspaper were studied. As a result, the main causes as pictured in the newspaper are as follows: failure in dialog, shift in opinions as compared to the past, interference of families, lack of understanding and reconciliation, lack of necessary matrimonial skills, inability to interact with one's partner, communicative illiteracy, absence of a healthy life, conjugal disparities, family disputes, western lifestyle, attenuation of Iranian customs, and the propagation of virtual technology. In sum, we can rank in order of importance the following causes: cultural, sociological, psychological, political and economic.