Community Radio and Social Solidarity

This article is to study the relevance of “Community Radio” and “Social solidarity” in Iran. Having stated the problem, this paper introduces the community as an important concept in the current social evolutions. Then, it describes Community Radio, its features, and functions. The theoretical framework depicts the role of Community Radio in shaping Social Solidarity in Iran. It concludes that the Social Solidarity is weak and is faced with problems. It also concludes that Community Radio could improve Social Solidarity. It states that Iran as a developing and plural country with some specific relations needs to reinforce its middle community as the intermediary groups so that promote generality rather pariticularity.