A look at the “footnote” program; The truth is revealed

Fars News Agency, TV Group: What happened in the last two or three months in the country and was discussed by domestic and foreign experts and is obvious to almost all people, is the effective role of foreign media and especially social networks related to them such as Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram and It has been in fomenting, expanding and organizing protests and inciting the emotions and feelings of people, especially young people, to participate in riots and insecurities.

* Pretend world and media war

The enemies and opponents of the regime, especially the United States, have well understood in these years that a coup d’état from outside and a political, economic and military attack do not work in the case of Iran, that is why they spend all their economic budgets in the media and virtual space.

Cyberspace has become an inseparable part of our lives due to the existence of different and diverse groups and channels, as well as its pervasiveness among people in such a way that many news, family and social communications and even purchases are made through virtual space. The penetration of virtual space is effective in different ways. This influence has occurred in teenagers both in terms of the impact on their value system, beliefs and norms and also in terms of the data that is produced in the virtual space and has had an impact on them.

This big data has the possibility of controlling people and their lifestyles, and those who own the servers of this big data, through controlled computing methods and stimuli, can set their desired conditions.

Unfortunately, in our country, due to the lack of strict monitoring and proper education and awareness to families, information is easily exchanged without considering the correctness or inaccuracy of the news and information sent.

In the recent unrest, there has been an all-out media attack, exaggerated coordination and caricature between the opposition forces of the Islamic Republic, from foreign celebrities to governments, politicians, civil activists, cyberspace, etc. It was so heavy that it made a cover for the opponents that few people talked about and expressed the strange whistles that existed in this context. As a result, when people faced this amount of fake news, some of them were deceived.

In the meantime, some people started publishing false news and statistics with the aim of gathering followers on their virtual pages and attracting the attention of the audience, especially celebrities and artistic and sports figures who have sold fake and baseless news on their agenda. In the last few months, they made unsubstantiated and sensational statements that did nothing but cause concern for the people and while intensifying the chaos in the country, unfortunately put the lives of our countrymen at risk.

During this period, the country’s cultural and media institutions could not be successful in this unequal battle due to the lack of necessary and accurate infrastructure, and this is despite the fact that the leader of the revolution has been emphasizing the dangers of cyberspace for about 10 years.

In front of this heavy media attack, the national media, although late, came to the field with two interesting programs; The critical satirical program “DBC Farsi” which is inspired by the “Debi” doll from the “Little Red Riding Hood” series makes fun of the BBC Persian TV channel and the “Footnote” program which tries to expose the layers behind the news and related people using satirical language. with the happenings in the virtual space and tries to review the news and daily events without formal and linguistic complications.

Two programs that are both broadcast on Dosima network. In fact, these two programs, like some 20:30 news reports, have the same task of revealing behind the scenes of fake news and the functioning of Ma’and networks, but in a wider range and with a tone mixed with humor that can attract more audiences and the trend of people’s distrust towards this Increase networks.

*Introducing the “Footnote” program

“Footnote” to the producer Javad Fathi And lovely performance Mohammadreza Shahbazi It tries to reveal the layers behind the curtain of news that is important and influential for the audience, so that the audience can understand the extent to which the news they see and hear in the virtual space is authentic and to what extent it is not.

The key to the success of “Footnote” is its simple and expressive language, the rapid rhythm and the 100% up-to-dateness of its content, the quick reaction against fake and false news makes them realize its nature before a large number of people see it and So to speak, the oven of rumors is hot enough to stick the bread of truth to it.

This program has an answer in hand for each and every abuser of the country’s daily affairs with careful and comprehensive monitoring of virtual networks and it even deals with the posts of celebrities and reveals their false but deceptive nature and is very funny in its photoshop section Tanazane goes to the fake photos that are spread by these celebrities to make the situation tense in the cyber space.

In addition to exposing the gaffes of the Western media, “Footnote” in a section entitled “The Garden of Europe” talks about the protests and gatherings of people in European countries so that the audience will understand that those who write prescriptions for Iran should first solve their own domestic problems, problems that Due to severe media censorship, they don’t let its news leak out.

One of the interesting points of “Footnote” is that it sometimes deals with the problems and mismanagement of the internal officials, faults that can inadvertently or intentionally become a pretext for the opponents, such as the case of reading Mehsa Amini’s forensic report full of errors by one of the MPs.

At the same time as the market of rumors and sanctions against the national football team was hot, “Footnote” sent its presenter to the Qatar World Cup to show the people a close and completely up-to-date and so-called hot-hot image of the atmosphere of the tournament.

* Last word

In the end, it must be said that the need to make programs like “Footnote” and “DBC Farsi” is strongly felt in the current media war. To make these programs, cultural managers must provide the necessary funds on the one hand, and use young, talented and knowledgeable faces, and on the other hand, provide space for wide broadcasting of these programs so that more people can see them, for example, in addition to the network. Two of these programs should be broadcast from provincial networks or iFilm, which has a large audience, or their important and interesting parts should be widely forwarded on virtual social networks; Because most of the deceived people do not watch the national media at all.

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