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INTRODUCTION: Due to the vulnerability of the country to various disasters and events, the role of directing public opinion, and the attention of the general public and political elites to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the present study aimed to obtain and explain an executive model of IRIB news in crisis management. METHODS: This study was conducted based on an applied research method in terms of objective, and it is qualitative research using an exploratory approach in terms of method. The statistical population consisted of experts, managers, and professors of media and crisis (Crescent Society and Crisis Management Organization). The data were collected using a semi-structured in-depth interview technique, and a saturation was observed using a targeted sampling and after 25 interviews. In addition, the Strauss method in grounded theory was applied to analyze the data. Moreover, in the process of theory analysis, MAXQDA (version 2020) was applied, and a total of 120 concepts and 20 categories were identified. FINDINGS: Some categories, such as the unprofessional nature of media, unprofessional coverage of news, biased news organization, lack of media independence, public distrust, and tendency toward alternative media, are the requirements for explaining an executive model of news in crisis management, which are axially coded as causal conditions. In addition, appropriate news coverage, information, analytical programs, people's voice, crisis management principles and organization, education and informing, and culturalization, were the seven main categories selected as the main strategies to develop the model. CONCLUSION: Some categories, such as the improvement of media performance, de-escalation instead of crisis-making, rumor prevention, obtainment of public trust, accountability of officials, organizing and mobilizing human forces, social cohesion, increasing resilience, as well as reconstruction and rehabilitation, are of the consequences of using appropriate strategies to explain IRIB news in crisis management.

Purpose: The aim of present research was the comparative study of white marriage news based on effective news components in the Persian section of Al-Alam, Persian BBC and Voice of America news sites. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was quantitative. The research community was the white marriage news of Persian section of Al-Alam, Persian BBC and Voice of America news sites in 2017 and 2018 years. The research sample was all related news to white marriage, which were selected by census sampling method. The research tool was observation and recording of white marriage news in the Persian section of the mentioned sites, whose face validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was estimated by the coefficient of agreement between the two coders 0.92. Finally, the data were analyzed by non-parametric test of chi-square in SPSS software. Findings: The comparative results showed that the Persian BBC news site has the most emphasis and Al-Alam news site has the least emphasis on white marriage based on the component of news rate and between them there was significant difference in terms of components of presentation style, news index, news values, news elements, news sources, news orientation, content bias, news type, news volume and news tactics (P<0.05). In addition, there was no significant difference between the three news sites in terms of emphasis on white marriage based on the component of inductive load of headline (P>0.05). Conclusion: The results showed the more emphasis of Persian BBC news sites and less emphasis of Al-Alam news sites on white marriage according to effective news components. These results indicated that the more damage of Persian BBC news site about white marriage and its consequences for families.