Study on Social Networks in cyberspace as a Newly-Emerged Social Phenomenon and their Effects on Family Hearth (Case study: District 8 of Ahvaz County)

Author
bahram nikbakhsh
عضو هیات علمی
Abstract
In this era, the emergence of new communication networks and also development of cyberspace have affected most families' functions. Investigation of harm as the cause of family development in today's ultra-informational era is one of the main axes of pathological studies on family foundation. This development is, in turn, the origin of profound changes in kinds of familial relationships and values. Most of these development and changes are imposed on the family from outside. Therefore, this study investigated social networks in cyberspace and their effects on family hearth. Statistical sample of this study consisted of 300 citizens in District 8 of Ahvaz County, and they were selected by the size-based clustering method. Research hypotheses measured effects of virtual social networks on family hearth in terms of variables such as aggression, emotional divorce, reduction of family privacy, reduction of trust, and some underlying variables. Finally, the collected data was analyzed by questionnaire tool using SPSS software and the tests such as simple regression, ordinal regression, and partial correlation coefficient. Consequently, all research hypotheses were confirmed except for hypothesis of "impact of social networks on family hearth according to the trust variable" after testing and analyzing the hypotheses, and thus there was a significant (and directional) relationship between independent and dependent variables in other hypotheses. Several suggestions are ultimately offered for reducing negative effects of social virtual networks on the family hearth.

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Society Culture Media
Volume 7, Issue 27
Summer 2018
Pages 49-63

  • Receive Date 15 December 2018