Description of Urban Social Space in Iran with Emphasis on Cultural Impressions of Iranian Urbanists

Author
ahmad aminfard
Member of Young and Elite Research Club of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
Abstract
According to the Statistics Center of Iran, the results of the population and housing census in 1395, 74% of the population of Iran live in cities. In today's urban space of Iran, which is in the era of communication and intelligence explosions, Iranian citizens are exposed to a variety of cultural-media products either through the consumption of cultural goods and goods, domestic or domestic production, or through the goods market Cultural, as well as media products through the national media and various satellite networks and the global Internet network in real and virtual space. The purpose of this study is to describe the existing cultural imitation of Iranian urban population in the urban social space of Iran. This research was conducted using deep interviewing methodology and documentary libraries. In order to achieve the research objectives, experts' opinions in this field were assisted in two faculties of communication science and sociology. In this research, urban social space has been investigated in 3 urban including metropolises, cities of different centers provinces and other cities of the country. The result of this study was the five stages of cultural imitation of Iranian urban population in the urban social space of the country. With the supply of western cultural-media products, and its consumption by Iranian urbanists, Western consumption culture is reproduced in the urban social space of Iran.

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Society Culture Media
Volume 8, Issue 32
Autumn 2020
Pages 35-60

  • Receive Date 08 March 2020