The Explanatory Model of the Internet Applications and its Role on the Youth Sexual Identity in Tehran

The aim of this study is presenting an explanatory model of the Internet applications and the role on the sexual identities’ of the-youth in Tehran. Also these sub-targets were evaluated: the amount of the youths’ familiarization with this technology by sex, the kind of programs used by the students by sex, the recognition of internet applications’ effect on the sexual - identity of the youth. The methods used were documentary and surveying (with the use of questionnaire). The statistical population of this study was all the students in social sciences school, management and economics school and theology school in Islamic Azad University, science and research branch in Tehran. With the Cochran’s formula, a sample size of 250 students was selected. The research findings showed that the young users of internet paid an interesting and particular attention to discussion forums and the communicative application of internet. Attending in chat rooms, friend finding, weblogs and social networks and presenting opinions, thoughts, attitudes and feelings and freedom of speech were some reasons of this popularity among the youth. This matter guided the researcher in fabricating this hypothesis: there seems to be a significant relationship between sexual identity and the pattern of internet application. In order to test this hypothesis, a Chi-square statistic and Kendall’s Tau-b with a 95 percent level of confidence were used and the result was the affirmation of the hypothesis. The other hypothesis was the possibility of existence of a significant relationship between sexual - identity and the informational pattern of internet application which using the same method.