The degree of compatibility of the "Zero Degree Circuit" series with the moral values ??of Islam

Master's thesis in the field of communication, research in communication

Abstract:

In the present research, the orientation of the moral behaviors of the positive, normal and negative characters of the series "Zero Grade" series has been analyzed using the content analysis method.

According to the criteria in Islamic texts, moral and immoral behaviors have been divided into two sub-categories of value and anti-value, and in the following The 86 behaviors presented in the series - which have been repeated 976 times in total - have been examined by determining the direction of each behavior, and the meaning of the direction is that if the behavior of the positive and normal characters supports morality and unethical behavior is presented by the negative characters, the direction of the series is considered positive, otherwise the direction is considered negative. Moral approval is seen as equivalent to 50.3% of all moral and immoral behaviors; Out of a total of 491 desirable moral behaviors, in 480 cases, the serial orientation was positive and in 11 cases, the serial orientation was negative. 96 cases of morally obligatory behavior, equivalent to 9.8% of all cases, were displayed; From the total number of moral obligations, in 92 cases, the serial orientation was positive and in 4 cases, the serial orientation was negative. 220 cases of minor sins, equivalent to 22.6% of all cases, were shown; From the total of minor sins, in 137 cases, the serial orientation was positive and in 83 cases, the serial orientation was negative. 169 cases of major sins were equal to 17.3% of the total cases; From the total of major sins, in 112 cases, the orientation of the series was positive and in 57 cases, the orientation of the series was negative.

The research results show that in the series, quantitatively and with equal coding of behaviors, 84% of the orientations of the series were positive and aimed at promoting moral behaviors, while 16% of the behaviors were presented with a negative orientation.

Key words: Religion, Islam, ethics, value, moral values ??and anti-values, "zero degree circuit".

Problem statement

Among the four main functions of television media (entertainment and entertainment, information, education and guidance), the tendency of the national media audience is primarily to use this media with the function of entertainment and entertainment, and most families spend part of their time watching programs of various national media networks, especially Allocate TV series. With the assumption that the indirect presentation of trainings in the general form of entertaining function is met with less resistance from the audience and has a greater range and impact. TV series with organizational targeting, in addition to the entertainment feature, seek to provide indirect education to the target community.

The default acceptance of internal and indirect training of entertaining TV series, however, also causes the concern that the provision of high production costs and millions of man-hours spent on the production and distribution of television programs - especially popular series - due to the lack of scientific evaluation methods The effects of the programs on the audience should not turn against themselves and not have undesirable results.

In the present research, an attempt has been made to provide a practical set of scientific definitions for the analysis of the moral content of television series by delving into the definitions of religion and analyzing the structure and components of religion and religiosity as well as ethics and Islamic ethics. Of course, it should be kept in mind that due to the comprehensiveness of the Hanif religion of Islam and the wide range of Islamic ethics, which includes all human actions, the total number of rules is beyond the capacity of individuals and scientific collections, but it must be said that "if you cannot drink the water of the sea, you must taste it as much as thirst". Therefore, in this research, it has been tried - as much as possible - by counting a part of the definite rules of Islamic ethics collected in reliable ethical sources, these definitions and scientific findings are used in the analysis of the moral content of "Zero Zero Series".

Because the atmosphere that governs the series, which is influenced by the time period of the series, includes the ideas and corners of the performance of different cultural, political and religious groups present in the series - of course The plan in an entertaining television series - and the current events in this series, such as statements and references to "the historical opportunity after Shahrivar 1320, the beginning of practical actions of the Zionists in establishing the illegitimate regime of Israel, the atmosphere governing the international community during the years of World War II and its effects on smaller systems such as Iran and so on.It has provided the author and director of this series with the opportunity to project several cultural trends in the form of a person or people as a representative of that particular drinker. These cultural mashrabs and other subcultures that are displayed in the series are: the authentic Muslim family (the result of the union of a devout Muslim Iranian with a fighting Palestinian), parallel Iranian collections that each have accepted a non-native cultural guardianship, as well as representatives of different mashrabs in the academic environment outside Iran. The conflict and clash of opinions of these groups and individuals, as well as with the idea of ??Iranian Islamic, idealistic, opportunistic, Nazi, Zionist, etc. opinions. It had provided the director with a suitable opportunity to project values. And from another point of view, the various attractiveness of the atmosphere that dominates the series, such as the dialogues of the actors, the multifaceted nature of the series' story and the defensible structure of the TV series "Zero Zero" on the one hand, and the importance of the approach that even the entertainment programs of the national media of the Islamic Republic of Iran should promote Islamic values ??with an artist, made me to be very precise on the topic of "Islamic moral values ??in the series "Zero Zero". The following article is the result of this student reflection.

2-1- Necessity and importance of the research

The need to promote Islamic values ??in the national media and the idea that is felt about the ease of presenting moral behavior in the form of television series among the creators of these works, causes concerns that were also mentioned at the beginning of the article. It must be accepted that the presentation of moral issues in television series is not an easy and convenient phenomenon, although it is not forbidden or impossible to deal with these issues due to the successful and enduring experiences of television. Perhaps at the best it can be said that presenting religious behaviors in general and moral issues - as the topics examined in this research - in particular, is an "easy refrain"[1]. It is easy and convenient because the duty of the program maker is clear with many moral and immoral behaviors and the moral beliefs of the audience's society are compatible with the sets of the program maker and are from the same identity field, and this is the basis of a common understanding between the audience and the program maker. The abstinence of the subject is also caused by which character or in which atmosphere this or that moral or immoral action is performed. This is the risky situation of planning for a religious society. And it speaks of the importance and necessity of student research.

In this research, we aim to present scientific definitions derived from the moral foundations of Islam and reach the right direction in the artistic presentation of moral issues. (Investigation of the moral orientations of the series both as self-orientation and as the orientation of actions and moral and immoral traits by each of the characters in different situations). We will discuss this issue further in the text of the research.

Another aspect of the importance of this research is the consideration and investigation of moral traits and valuing the orientations of moral traits of characters. In order to express the necessity of this study, it can be said that, in addition to the importance of examining ethical behaviors in the fields of mandatory, mustahab, makruh, and haram, there is another important criterion, which neglecting its importance and simplistic presentation of indirect education, again leads to the violation of the intention in the aforementioned context. This important criterion, which we discuss more in the text of the research, is the type of artistic expression and the orientations of the series in presenting moral traits. We have tried to find practical and generalizable definitions in this field as well. The main character of this series is a young Iranian student named Habib Parsa, who grew up in a committed and responsible Iranian family (Iranian father: Ali Parsa, a retired employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a critic of the government's policies, and Palestinian mother: Asiyah, a devout and caring nurse with humane behavior) and at the beginning of the series, he intends to continue his education in a prestigious foreign university.