this study focuses on the effect of social and cultural determinants on generation gap in tehranian families in 2011. the purpose of this study is to determine effective factors on generation gap in tehranian families, analytical and empirical patterns and be surveyed by related theories and effective factors. the research was prepared by questions including whether there is a relationship betw...

the presence of european missionaries in iran was the important issue in the history of the safavid. one of the most important groups of missionaries was carmelites who came to iran to try to spread the catholic faith in this country.they came to iran during the rule of shah abbas i apparently to create an alliance between iran and the christian countries of europe against the ottoman and indee...

Unlike other online communities, social networking sites (SNSs) provide the platform for individuals to present themselves and to connect with others through list of connections. Researching social capital, which arises from networked relationship on cross-cultural networking, can help us gain a systematic understanding of cultural differences and their roles in cross-cultural interaction in te...

in contemporary societies, socio-cultural transformations with theoretical developments in sociology have been dealt with consumption as an important topic of sociological research. however, it seems that consumption of cultural and artistic goods and productions, due to their generality and more accessibility, has more importance for study of social distinctions and cultural changes. cultural ...

he modernization project launched by the West two centuries ago, was based on three pillars: State-logic, Capital-logic and Ratio-logic; formulated in part by Montesquieu (France), Smith (Britain) and Kant (Germany). The logic of the State implied centralization of coercive power, tempered by democracy. The logic of Capital implied market forces for economic power, tempered by anti-monopoly cla...

Acculturation, a concept with its root in social science and cultural anthropology, is a process intimately related to health behavior and health status of minority populations in a multicultural society. This paper provides a brief review of the subject of acculturation as it relates to health research, showing that this concept has a potential to identify risk factors that underlie increased ...

Social media have become ubiquitous in our lives. To meet with the calls to examine social media usage in cross-cultural contexts, the study conducted a longitudinal survey to explore bilateral relationships between social media usage, self-efficacy and cultural intelligence. Based on Social Cognitive Theory, findings indicate that both informational and socializing usage of social media increa...