siyavash salavatian; Aliakbar Farhangi; mozhgan hozuri
Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, , Pages 89-117
Abstract
This study is an ethnographic research in which we have collected data using deep interview on the Tehranian people’s perception of IRIB media justice preservation. The studied population consists of two social classes residing in Tehran, the rich and the poor. The rich or high-income group includes ...
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This study is an ethnographic research in which we have collected data using deep interview on the Tehranian people’s perception of IRIB media justice preservation. The studied population consists of two social classes residing in Tehran, the rich and the poor. The rich or high-income group includes the family whose monthly income is more than ten million Tomans and the poor or low-income families include the people whose monthly income is less than seven hundred thousand Tomans. A targeted sampling was conducted among the two groups, finally 45 persons were interviewed; 20 persons from among the high-income class and 25 others from among the low-income class. The qualitative coding was applied to analyze the data gathered in the interviews. According to the represented concept of the media justice in this study, equal distribution of the opportunities and facilities for all people and all regions of the country- in a way that all parts of the country can be displayed harmoniously- has been emphasized, so that people stop feeling there is centralism in the country and do not think that the media is controlled by the ruling class who, without understanding the people’s problems and troubles, displays what it like and not what actually happens in the society
siyavash salavatian; Mehdi Dolatkhah
Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2017, , Pages 67-84
Abstract
Mobile social networks are a new generation of communication methods in the virtual space. These powerful communication tools can influence the cultural identity of individuals. The present research aims to demonstrate the impact of mobile social network on the cultural identity of Iranian university ...
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Mobile social networks are a new generation of communication methods in the virtual space. These powerful communication tools can influence the cultural identity of individuals. The present research aims to demonstrate the impact of mobile social network on the cultural identity of Iranian university students and in doing so it evaluates mobile social networks as the independent variable and cultural identity as the dependent variable. From among mobile social networks, Viber and WhatsApp have been chosen because they enjoy higher popularity and number of users in Iran. Their impacts on language, religiosity, clothing style, social behavior and morality which are factors of cultural identity have been measured. Library and field research methods as well as questionnaires were used for data gathering. The statistical population contained graduate students of the Management and Accounting Faculty of Allameh Tabataba‘i University. The statistical population of the research included 450 individuals from which 218 individuals were randomly chosen for the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive and deductive methods. The normality of the variables under study was analyzed using Kolmogorove-Smimov test and it was found that the distribution for all variables was non-normal. Then, the construct validity of all the variables was studied using Confirmatory factor analysis. In the next stage, the hypotheses of the research were put to test using the structural equation model. The results indicated that all the hypotheses are confirmed and mobile social networks do have a positive and meaningful impact on cultural identity.
