the aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between media literacy and social skills among citizens in isfahan. to this end, a descriptive-correlation methodology was employed. the population under study consisted of all citizens living in isfahan who were reported to be 1796967 persons in 2013. using cochran formula, 384 persons were selected by stratified sampling and were in...

The participation of citizens in a democratic government is often influenced by the media, particularly new communication technologies. The differences between mass media and new media are pertinent to understanding how each works to shape our opinions and perceptions. Students need to understand the role of both traditional mass media outlets and new media in shaping public participation in ou...

There is a wind of transformation blowing across the world today. It is changing the face of emergency management and every field of human endeavor. It is called “social media”. These days, social media is redefining crisis preparedness through the increasing participation of the masses in the creation and distribution of content in ways that surpass the capacity of the mass media and public au...

regarding to different social policies of two former presidents (hashemi rafsanjani & mohammad khaatami), the present essay is going to evaluate and compare the rate of social isolation consequences between the mass and elite groups in iran during 8 years of their presidency. at first, different dimensions of social isolation consequences have been reviewed and four main dimensions have been de...

the purpose of this article was to study, from a sociological point of view, the factors affecting commitment of shiraz high school students to religious values. the study was carried out within the theoretical framework of weber, parsons, inghart and mead. the data was collected through a questionnaire from a sample of 380 high school students in shiraz in the academic year 2001-2002. independ...

In today’s environment, where technological advancement affects individuals of all ages, it is an important research topic to determine how much the values teenagers who are in learning and personal development stage affected by this change. This aims effects students’ social media attitudes use on values. A attitude scale, media’s impact a semi-structured interview form had been utilized condu...

creating crisis and attempting to solve it is an important function of the mass media. this is carried out using a range of modern tools. media can influence socio-political and cultural events employing strategies and meta-strategies to form the public thinking in the direction they aim. the media emperors and the press trusts manage to form some kind of information monopoly through influencin...

women constitute about half population of the society and public opinions have caused women not to act and progress well in the society. television as the most popular and further epidemic media may present the women's abilities toward achieving the goals of twenty-year vision deed. the present essay is attempting to consider the different abilities of women such as personal, familial and ...