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Sociological Explanation of the Effect of Foreign Media on High School Students' Cultural Deviance in Fereydunkenar City
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Abstract: (18996 Views) |
The
main objective of the present study is to investigate the factors affecting on
high school students' cultural deviance in Fereydunkenar City.
The
method employed in the present study is a cross-sectional survey research and
for collecting the data, a researcher-made questionnaire is used. The
population of the research consists of high school students of Fereydunkenar
City. The sample size was evaluated to be equal as 300 participants using
Cochran formula and the sampling was conducted using multi-stage cluster
sampling. The findings of the research indicate that using satellites and using
the Internet have positive and significant correlation with cultural deviance.
However, the correlation of the variables of bonding with family and bonding
with religion is negative and significant. The results of standard coefficients
in structural equations indicate that the variables of using satellites with
0.43, using the Internet with 0.26, bonding with family with -0.26 and bonding
with religion with -0.23 respectively have the most effects on the variable of
cultural deviance. In addition, the independent variables of the research
explain about 44 percents
of the variations of cultural deviance |
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| Keywords: Cultural Deviance, Mass Media, Social Integration, High School Students |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
General
Received: 2013/07/9 | Accepted: 2013/12/16 | Published: 2014/02/19
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