The present study was conducted with the aim of sociological analysis and explanation of the effect of using cyberspace (Telegram and Instagram) on the tendency to manage the body.

Subject Areas : Social Researches

منا قاسمی شال ¹ , مجید کفاشی ² , رضا علی محسنی ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری جامعه شناسی مسائل اجتماعی ایران، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران [e-mail]
2 - دانشیار گروه جامعه شناسی، واحد رودهن،دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران(نویسنده مسئول و عهده دار مکاتبات اداری) [e-mail]
3 - دانشیار و عضو هیات علمی گروه جامعه شناسی، واحد تهران مرکز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران [e-mail]

Received: 2020-09-21 Accepted : 2020-09-21 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Social Network, Life Style, Body Management,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of sociological analysis and explanation of the effect of using cyberspace (Telegram and Instagram) on the tendency to manage the body. The theoretical framework of this research was examined according to the theories of McLuhan, Habermas, Giddens, Bourdieu, McCombs and Shaw, Goffman, Federstone, and Veblen. In this research, the effect of cyberspace on the tendency to manage the body has been investigated. Formal validity (experts' agreement) was used to assess the validity of the questionnaire questions and Cronbach's alpha test was used to assess the reliability, the reliability of which was also confirmed with 0.80. After reviewing and studying various topics and perspectives on the effect of cyberspace use on body management tendencies regarding the relationships between variables, 4 different hypotheses were proposed and tested. Data were collected through a questionnaire designed by the researcher and the necessary information was obtained through interviews with the statistical population. Our statistical sample in this study included 360 female high school students who were studying in Shahriar. In order to select the samples, in this research, two-stage cluster sampling and simple random sampling method has been used. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of social networks and the tendency to manage the body and its indicators