virtual social media and field of politics in iran (an investigation into the tenth presidential elections and urban carnival in tehran)

using virtual social media and networks widely and relations based on electronic communication have transformed political and social activities in recent decades. the current essay aims to review the effects of virtual social media on the field of politics in iran. therefore, this essay propounds the questions: “how has the virtual social media caused transformation on the field of politics in iran? what is the effective evidence of such media?” in reply to these questions, this hypothesis is propounded that virtual social media provided the possibility of direct activities for the iranian citizens in the political field of the country by putting power on the citizen’s hand on the one side. on the other side, these media through easing possibility for individual activity make such a possibility for the iranian activists to be independent to some extent and to challenge formal viewpoints. considering the nature of the propounded questions, we have utilized a mixed method for study in this research. through this, by review and describing views of intellectuals such as lyotard, baudrillard, castells and bakhtin, we are trying to examine the propounded hypothesis. at this direction, the evidence for debate includes the tenth presidential elections and urban carnival in tehran parks that were carried out through arrangements by a group of youth on the virtual social networks.