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Media Use and Political Behavior of Tehran University Students
Susan Bastani
sbastani@alzahra.ac.ir
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Fatemeh Lolaie
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The main goal
of this paper is to study the effect of media use especially
the Internet on political behavior of Tehran University students. To this end,
the effect of Internet use is investigated not only by considering the amount
of access, the utilized online sources for the news-seeking, etc., but also
through the effects of environmental and cognitive elements.
Population of
this study is composed of students from Tehran University divided into 4 groups
of Humanities, the Arts, Engineering, and Sciences. Data was collected using
the survey method through conducting 295 structured, face-to-face interviews.
Findings show that the
Internet is used more frequently than other media for
tracking political news, with nearly 90 percent of
respondents indicating that they use the Internet for the purpose of finding
political news. Participation in the demonstrations among non-traditional
political behaviors, and voting in elections among traditional political
behaviors are more common among the students than the other political
activities. The results of structural equation modeling show that the
effect of media news exposure on political behavior is through the intermediate
variable of political efficacy.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-35-en.pdf
Internet
Media
Political Behavior
Media News Exposure.
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Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Begging In the City of Mashhad
Ali Shakoori
shakoori@ut.ac.ir
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Hamid Motamedi
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This paper studies socio-economic factors
affecting begging phenomenon in the city of Mashhad. So, sociological and
social policy approaches are used to clarify theoretical and conceptual
dimensions of panhandling. Also, qualitative method and related techniques such
as in deep and unstructured interviews and observation (of ways of begging) are
used to collect the research data and information. The study is based on the argument that the
phenomenon of panhandling is concerned with two groups of factors including
indirect (environmental enabling) and direct (individual) ones. The research
findings indicate that such factors as the very identity of the city of Mashhad
from the point of view of religiosity and immigration as well as features of the
very beggars such as having an unfavorable physical state, the low level of
education, family unfavorable situation, lack of basic capabilities, poverty
and unemployment were determinant factors that intensified each other and led
to the emergence of inability state and to the acceptance of begging role. The
latter is also enforced and sustained through a socio and psycho humiliating
process. On the contrary of the prevailing perspective that blames beggars in
moral degradation and lack of laziness, the paper concludes that poverty and
insolvency and related variables play higher roles in this process.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-36-en.pdf
Begging
Social Deviance
Social Exclusion.
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Majid Movahed
mmovahed@rose.shirazu.ac.ir
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Rohollah Mozafari
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Samane Alizadeh
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This
paper studies the relationship between cultural capital and trust in
foundations and organizations. Its method is quantitative and its technique is
survey. The sample content includes 384 youths aged 14-29 in Shiraz who have
been selected through Multi-stage stratified sampling. The Data collection tools include
questionnaire, and data analysis has been undertaken via SPSS. Evaluating the
validity and reliability of questionnaire has been performed through face
validity and Kronbach’s Alpha coefficient.
And
multi-variant regression has been used in the inferential statistics section.
The results indicate that the two factors of watching satellite and television
have entered the equation in all of the models, where watching satellite and
watching TV lie in a negative and positive relation to the dependent variable
respectively. Moreover, historical- religious and scientific aspects have
entered the equation in most of the models where both of them have a positive
relation to dependant variable. The individual’s education is also considered
as a variant included in most of the models but with a negative relation to the
dependant variable.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-37-en.pdf
Institutional Trust
Cultural Capital
Social Capital
Youth
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Effective Factors on Vandalistic Behavior among High School Students in Ahwaz City
Seyed Abdolhosein Nabavi
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Saham Salemian
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Bahar Habibian
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This paper studies the effecting factors of occurrence in
Vandalistic behavior of male and female students of Koutabdollah district of
Ahwaz. According to the considered theories, the relationship between gender,
socioeconomic status, educational achievement, interpersonal variables
(including feelings of relative deprivation, discrimination, self-esteem,
continence), and social link (home, school; friends) with incident
Vandalistic behaviors are investigated.
Survey method is used and to select the statistical sample,
classified random sampling method is applied and sample size of 385 students was selected using Cochran formula. Data collection tool in this study
was questionnaire and the hypotheses are analyzed using Pearson's correlation
test, T test and multi-factorial regression. Results illustrate that with the
exception of gender, there is relationship between all mentioned variables with
Vandalism. As the research model could specify 50 percent of the independent
variables variance with dependent variables, we can claim that it has a
noticeable predictive power.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-38-en.pdf
Vandalism
Vandalistic Behavior
Social Deviance
Crime
Ahwaz
Koutbdallh.
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Sociological Analysis of Generational Subjectivity and Experiences in Iran
SeyedMehdi Etemadifard
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"Dispute" is the
most basic forms of human communication that occurs under various
circumstances. The main issue addressed in this paper is quality of disputes
and their solutions that are mediated by generations. After reviewing the
conceptual aspects, various theories have been proposed. Question model based
on theoretical rudiments were designed. The main method to collect field data
is in-depth interviews by various people living in Tehran that belongs to
younger age (15 to 29 years), middle-aged (30 to 49 years) and elderly
generations (50 years old and up) in two groups: men and women. More than
forty-five interviews in this area have been collected and analyzed. Based on
the information obtained, generational experiences have main role in formation
of subjectivity, modes of dispute-confrontation and their strategies of
solutions in various social positions. Younger generations because of their
socialization and norms that gradually learning choose more faster and ejective
strategies. While later generations with diverse experiences gained over the
time lead to solving disputes by neglect, passivity or reform. Thus generation
is a major mediator in Iranian social relations especially in
dispute-confrontations.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-39-en.pdf
Generational Experience
Conflict
Generational Subjectivity
Generational Groups
Dispute
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A Model for the Social Impacts Assessment in Iran\'s Oil and Gas Industry
Seyed Amir Talebian
talebian010@gamil.com
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Ahmad Mallaki
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Long
experience in implementation of developmental measures based on an economic
approach and without considering the environmental, cultural and social impacts
of these practices has not been desirable. However, it has been found that
developmental measures do not meet their goals unless specific social
conditions have been provided. As the social impact assessment of developmental
measures in our country has been brought into focus in different fields, it is
important that appropriate models and processes should be designed. The main
purpose of this article is to develop a model and guideline for social impact
assessment in oil and gas projects in Iran. The method used in this paper is
documentary and comparative. We, first, reviewed the general principles of
social impact assessment. Then, the social issues resulted from oil industry
projects in oil fields have been identified and, considering the country’s
condition and the oil facilities host regions, a suitable model has been
offered. Considering the range of issues that oil industry can face, there is a
good opportunity for the development of social impact assessment in oil
industry projects. Expanding a suitable model for this purpose can promote the
efficiency of this field of study, leads to industrial development management
and support its function in other different developmental actions.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-40-en.pdf
Social Impact Assessment
Social Issues
Oil Industry
Social Impact Assessment Model
Local Communities
Social Impact Assessment International Experience
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The Challenges of Muslims’ Religious Identity in Contemporary Western Societies
Yaghoob Foroutan
y.foroutan@umz.ac.ir
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This article explains the consequences of the
Islamic identity in the Western societies from a
sociological perspective. The extensive literature reviewed in this paper
supports the fact that Muslims in the western societies have been substantially
affected by such recent events as the 9/11 in the US and 7/7 in the UK.
This particularly applies to Muslim women due to their Islamic dress codes.
Using logistic regression analysis and the theory of discrimination associated
with cultural and religious identity, it also examines whether and how
significantly the status of Muslims in the western contexts is associated with
their religious identity. Generally speaking, the results indicate the key
pattern that those with the Islamic dress codes are more likely to be excluded
in the West.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-41-en.pdf
Religious identity
Islamic dress codes
discrimination and Inequality
Western society
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The Structure and Design of Social Networks Content Analysis of the Structure of Iranian and Non-Iranian Social Networks
Seyed Reza Naqibolsadat
naghibulsadat@yahoo.com
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Fatemeh Qasabi
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This study tries to provide a virtual image of
the structure and design of
Facenama, Cloob, Facebook and Google+ social networks. The main question in
this study is which variable or variables are differ in the structure and design of social networks of
Iranian and non-Iranian. Content analysis has been used in this study. Content
analysis is a research method to describe the objective, systematic and quantitative
manifest content of communication messages used. Overall, this study showed
that most of the real images, personal pictures, lots of charm, design web
format, fixed format, output format, content, text and images, colors and
texture, heat and cold, and emotional attraction for color, many comments, more
than 10 Comments, iconic landmarks and layering of different materials used in
the structure and design of
social networks.
Also, there is a significant correlation
between the actual picture type, color, format, content production, layering
content and comments with social networks of Iranian and non-Iranian.
http://journals.sabz.ac.ir/scds/article-1-42-en.pdf
social networks
facenama
cloob
facebook
google+
structure.