A Study of Media Crisis: Media, the Soft Power of 21st Century

The present article examines crises and the manner in which media spark out these phenomena and cause a kind of information despotism through selecting intelligence and news exclusively. Then it will discuss the process of creating a crisis situation and disturbing international peace and security. The modern media warfare starts with a psychological warfare along with a combination of media and advanced military equipment, and during the military invasion and after that continues extensively in a smart manner. The advent of advanced media along with the technique of persuasion has increased the role of media in creating, decreasing or swelling a crisis so far so that these effects have different nature from those of the previous ones. Therefore, many believe that the media in most cases have been at the service of wars and crises rather than controlling them and helping safeguard international peace and security.This shows the need to demarcate the role of media in creating or avoiding a crisis situation and preserving international peace and security.