University of Tehran Global Media Journal-Persian Edition 2008-0468 6 2 2011 09 23 A Comparative Study of Women News in IRIB Central News Agency, BBC Persian and VOA in 2009 A Comparative Study of Women News in IRIB Central News Agency, BBC Persian and VOA in 2009 66602 FA Saeed Faramarziani Davood Nemati Anaraki Hasan Bastami Journal Article 1970 01 01 This research studies IRIB, BBC Persian and VOA functions and analyzes women news in these sites in 2009. Combining agenda setting and feminist theories, we attempt to study and explore main causes of using these techniques to cover different news. Content analysis is the method which has been used in this article to evaluate how I.R.I.B, BBC and VOA web sites highlight and process women news. The findings indicate that there is a meaningful difference among these news sites in using persuasion method, regarding news objectivity and feminist perspective. Also, findings indicate that there are significant differences in representing women problems. BBC and VOA sites more than I.R.I.B have noticed to political, religious, social and juridical difficulties and have attempted to exaggerate women's problems. This research studies IRIB, BBC Persian and VOA functions and analyzes women news in these sites in 2009. Combining agenda setting and feminist theories, we attempt to study and explore main causes of using these techniques to cover different news. Content analysis is the method which has been used in this article to evaluate how I.R.I.B, BBC and VOA web sites highlight and process women news. The findings indicate that there is a meaningful difference among these news sites in using persuasion method, regarding news objectivity and feminist perspective. Also, findings indicate that there are significant differences in representing women problems. BBC and VOA sites more than I.R.I.B have noticed to political, religious, social and juridical difficulties and have attempted to exaggerate women's problems. https://gmj.ut.ac.ir/article_66602_3acd76fc32add52cfb413eaad97b63fc.pdf