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The Viewpoint of Chief Journalists Regarding Dialogue among Civilizations

As the idea of dialogue. among civilizations is a relatively new concept which lacks precedents in public opinion, it requires a greater effort and dedication on the part of journalists to publicize it as far as possible. However, the basic and essential question here is what the journalists themselves think about this term. More important, is how they think about their own civilization as well as other existing ones. In order to obtain proper answers to these major questions, questionnaires were prepared and distributed among the editorial hoard members of 27 national newspapers published in Tehran. The questionnaires were filled and returned by 86 journalists from 19 newspapers most of whom believed that the Iranian-Islamic civilization was "relatively" live and dynamic. They mostly reflected negative views and assessmens about the components of this civilization. 52 to 75 percent of the respondents considered the components of Iranian-Islamic civilization to he in a state of increasing recession, crisis and transformation and believed it to he at the verge of destruction. Regarding other civilizations, about 80 percent of the respondents held that the western civilization (Europe and North America) is a live and dynamic one and that opening a dialogue with the west will have positive effects on Iranian-Islamic civilization. However, they mostly evaluated the overall condition of the developments in the future decade as ambiguous and unpredictable.