Media Threats and Crisis Management

Any kind of challenge facing a society in any periods of time is deemed a crisis. Managing crisis situations, at least in the past fifty years, has been employed as a practical and classic strategy by media to stifle criticisms, and it is expected that media accept and go along with it. However, it cannot be claimed that all crises are related to media, but most of them are created by media.Generally, the significance of media security function in the current society is undeniable, and the critical situation at the national, regional, and global level as well as the complex political situation governing the whole world, have added to this importance. Media, due to their ideological proclivity and political party affiliates, looks at the social events from different perspectives and, accordingly, for conveying and highlighting these changes and events, act differently. The present article addresses media threats (with an emphasis on the western media) and the consequent crises as well as the way of managing these crises.