Constructing social issues in risky conditions: analysis of the comments under the posts related to the corona of rulers on Instagram

As one of the most influential events of the current century, the spread of the Corona epidemic, inaddition to the health field, involved all aspects of contemporary human life. In fact, this epidemic put the societyin a risky situation that was unprecedented. The purpose of this research is to understand the construction ofsocial issues related to the Corona epidemic under the posts of social pages of Iranian rulers on Instagram.Based on this, the present research analyzed the opinions of users under the content related to the corona of therulers using a qualitative method with the traditional content analysis approach. The sample of the research wasselected in a targeted manner to the number of eight Iranian rulers who were most related to the Corona crisis,and the data analysis continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. The findings of the research showedthat social issues related to Corona can be classified under the sub-categories of confusion in finding the cause,indeterminacy of the risk, spreading the limitlessness of the risk from illness to life, doubting the authority of theinstitution of power and governance, doubting the authority of the institution of religion, doubting the authorityThe health and treatment institute and classified two main themes "infinity of risk and confusion caused by it"and "doubt in institutional authority and legitimacy" which shows the centrality of the components related torisky society in the construction of social issues by the society.