About

I am Hossein Kermani, PhD in Social Communication Science (University of Tehran). I am studying social media, digital repression, computational propaganda and political activism in Iran. My research mainly revolves around the discursive power of social media in making meaning, shaping practices, changing the microphysics of power and playing with the political, cultural and social structures in Iran. Following this line of research, I have done several studies to shed light on Iranians’ everyday life on social media. My first book social media research in Iran will be published in October 2020. Moreover, I am working on my second book: Textual analysis on social media now.

Research Interests

Democracy, Democratisation, Media, Political Participation, Social Capital, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Social Media, Communication, Political Engagement, Big Data

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Communication
• Political Methodology
• Political Networks
• Internet and Politics