Examining the Impact of Cyber Space on Increasing Political Participation And its effect on the level of social capital of Iranian citizens

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

arash  ghorbani sepehr ¹ (Kharazmi University)
Afshin  Mottaghi ² (Kharazmi University)
Zahra  Ansari ³ (M.A. Student of Geopolitic,Tehran University)

Received: 2019-06-02 Accepted : 2019-11-09 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Social Capital, Social Networks, Iran, political participation, Cyber space,

Abstract :

In the present era, the tendency towards political participation among citizens as a major indicator in democratic systems has come to new ground. Thus, in the twenty-first century, with the massive influence of the mass media, especially social networks and mobile messaging tools, the various dimensions of human life in general and its political activists, in particular, are more and more influenced by these technological phenomena Emerging in the age of information and information society. This expansion of cyber space in the present era is an integral part of human life. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of the role of social networks in increasing self-awareness and its direct impact on increasing political participation and increasing the level of social capital in Iran. Therefore, the present study seeks to ascertain whether, with the increase of social networks in Iran, political participation and ultimately the level of social capital will rise. Accordingly, the research hypothesis is that with the increase of social networks and its use, the level of political participation and social capital in Iran will increase. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytic. The results of the research show that increasing the power of virtual networks in the country will increase the self-awareness of the society and increase the level of participatoryism and ultimately raise the level of social capital and increase the level of social capital will increase the level of economic and cultural capital, which results development Political will be the country