The Impact of Political Discourses on Press satire (Content Analysis of Keyhan Newspaper, 1997-2021)

Just as the media, willingly or unwillingly, influences the political, cultural, social, etc. arenas and introduces new patterns in societies, they themselves are influenced by and influenced by society and its various discourses. One of these areas is the political and governmental system of countries. In any country, with the change of political discourses, tangible changes also occur in the media system of that country. In this study, the effects of three different periods, namely Reform, Principlism and Moderation on the country's press humor were discussed.For this purpose, Three hundred and ninety-nine columns of humor from Keyhan newspaper were studied using content analysis method.According to the research findings, political discourses influence and provoke the media through their treaties, interactions and actions and behavior. It was also found the Keyhan newspaper was often influenced by its policy and examines issues such as nuclear deal, political protests, US relations, etc according to that.