Payame Noor University Staff's Expression of Disagreement about Intra-University Issues Relative to Face

The research aims to investigate the most frequent types of disagreement strategies relative to face among PNU staffs. The data were collected from a telegram group entitled Kanoon Karkonan-e Noor in a three-month period from March, 20th, 2020 to June 20th, 2020. The data included 156 disagreement strategies on different topics and were analyzed based on Muntigl and Turnbull’s (1998: 228-233) taxonomy. The findings indicated that counter claim is the most frequent type of disagreement strategy among the members of the Telegram group. Counter claim entails further dialogues and threatens the addressee’s face less than the other types. Moreover, other strategies PNU staffs employed from highest to lowest are as follows:1. employee payslip, 2. taking about faculty members, 3. staffs’ dismissals 4. teleworking and 5. other issues. There is scant research on this topic and in Persian language in the literature and this is more evident in Persian studies in computer-mediated communication. This study hopes to add to our knowledge on disagreement in Persian language.