Ideal Model of Structure of IRIB News Department Structure in New Media Arrangement

to the existence of non-aligned and user-oriented media, virtual space and the formation of platform society. In order to remain in the media consumption basket of its audience, this media is inevitable to revise its news structure according to the new media arrangement. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the important and required components of the IRIB News Department and Structure present the ideal model of the structure of the News Department, considering the new media arrangement.
This research was conducted with qualitative research method and using semi-structured interview tool. After interviewing 12 experts in the field of news in a targeted manner and content analysis; 81 codes, 21 concepts and 8 main categories including “technology strategy, financial and human resources, level of formality, concentration, horizontal and vertical complexity” were extracted as the most important sub-components of the organizational structure. Then, these concepts along with 15 concepts derived from documentary studies were assigned to 36 items of the questionnaire for carrying out Delphi steps among 25 people from the panel of experts. The results obtained from the three Delphi steps were the extraction of 28 items with an average above 70 percent, which were evaluated with the sign and Wilcoxon tests. “News reference, media convergence and synergy, agile and flexible structure, professional and specialized newsroom, deterrent and aggressive strategy, and stable financial resources” are among the results of this research, which have been suggested in the ideal model of the organizational structure of the IRIB News Department in the current media space.