The Role of Social Media Culture in Women's Emotional Divorce
Subject Areas : Sociology
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social Science and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Culture, Social networks, Emotional divorce,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social media culture in women's emotional divorce. The statistical population encmpassed the married women aged 18-50 in Tehran in 2024. The research sample consisted of 25 individuals whom were selected from the mentioned population, using purposive sampling prcedure and were studied through in-depth interviews. The research method was qualitative applying grounded theory analysis. The results of this study indicated that female participants joined these networks for reasons such as satisfying their curiosity, fear of not conforming to the norms of society and friends, feeling certain deficiencies in life, and also the attractions available in virtual networks. Then, under conditions such as cyberspace addiction, following virtual norms, the disappearance of the indecency of extramarital affairs, and ignoring the norms of conventional married life and they experienced tension in their emotional marital relationship. Also, inappropriate use of social media had adverse consequences for families. One of the most important harms associated with social networks was their role in reducing marital relationships and increasing the divorce rate. Continuing such trend would lead to marital infidelity, numerous family problems, and ultimately emotional and official divorce. Social networks, while exerting soft power in cultural change, also played an important role in causing harm to the family.
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