The Future of Western Media's Activities in Encountering Islam with Special Emphasis on Hollywood Cinema

With the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and strong Islamic inclinations across the world, particularly after the collapse of the Soviet Union and decline of Marxism, “Islam” has been introduced and known as one of the fault-lines against the hegemony of the United States. Simultaneous with the introduction of the issue of Islam in the West, it is observed that the media of these countries have launched the project of Islamophobia, particularly in the Hollywood films. One of the main means to confront the said condition is utilizing the capacities of the Iranian domestic media, which requires to be equipped with knowledge, technology and Islamic insight in this campaign. In this regard, one should prepare a suitable picture of the possible future trends and take steps toward proper planning and offering policies to confront the problem. By employing scenario planning method and critical uncertainty approach as well as using Micmac software, attempts have been made in this paper to find out the alternative future scenarios of Hollywood cinema activities in the field of Islam. The findings indicate that the drives of US National Security Doctrine and globalization have the highest degree of uncertainty and in their crossing in two axes, four scenarios are created about the alternative futures of Hollywood Cinema in the field of Islam, i.e. scenario of terrorists, scenario of the Third World people, scenario of the globalized people, and the scenario of outsiders.