Pathology of the Relationship between the Political Elites’ Media and Information Literacy and Islamic Republic of Iran’s Internal Security

The present study is aimed at identifying the harms of the relationship between the political elites’media and information literacy and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s internal security during 2009-2010 in order to improve the administration’s internal security.The research method is analytical survey and in terms of nature is categorized as of intermingled (quantitative-qualitative) research type. A researcher-made questionnaire prepared based on the components and characteristics of media literacy and information literacy, was used for collecting research data. The validity of the questionnaire was of content validity type (formal logic) and the reliability of the questionnaire, 987% was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method. The statistical population included the managers of widely circulated newspapers, managers at the level of deputy ministers and lecturers of political sciences faculties based in Tehran.The volume of the sample using Cochran's formula is set for 284 people.

Following the review of 81 relationships of the conceptual model, it came out that there are 5 relationships in the section of media literacy variable, and 41 relationships in the section of information literacy; and in total taking into account two variables of media and information literacy, 46 relationships of the political elites’ media and information literacy harms are related to Islamic Republic of Iran’s internal security.

Considering the required capabilities and skills for utilizing media and information technologies and the impact of media and information literacy of political elites on improving the internal security of the administration, governmental agencies and institutions should take the required measures to empower the political elites.