Journalistic Practices in Restrictive Contexts: A Sociological Approach to the Case of Iran

Based on fieldwork conducted in Iran, this book discusses how it is possible for journalism to exist and function in a restrictive context.

The book brings together a range of structural (macro), organizational (meso), and individual (micro) processes to analyze journalistic practice in a politically restrictive setting, a context thus far dominated by structural explanations. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s work as a starting point, Banafsheh Ranji develops an explanatory framework for how Iranian...