The Role of Media Literacy with the Mediation of Social Capital in Family Relationships (Case Study: Clients Aged 14 To 18 Years Covered By the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee of Tehran Province)

Subject Areas : Communication

seyedabolfazl parpanchi ¹ , Somayeh Tajik Ismaeili ² , Leila Niroomand ³ , Nazanin Malekian ⁴

1 - Communication Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Tehran East, Tehran, Iran
2 - Islamic Azad University, Tehran East branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Social Communication Sciences, Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of communication science, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2022-11-07 Accepted : 2022-12-03 Published : 2023-01-21

Keywords: Social Capital, adolescents under the support of the aid committee, family relations, Keywords: media literacy,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of media literacy through the mediation of social capital in family relationships, which was done by descriptive-correlation method and structural equation design. The statistical population of the research is all male and female children between 14 and 18 years of age who were supported by Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (RA) of Tehran province in 1401. The sample size of the study was 400 people from the mentioned community who were selected by random one-stage cluster sampling method. Content validity was checked by qualitative method and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient for questionnaires. The results of the research showed that social capital has an effect on family relationships. Media literacy affects family relationships as well as social capital, and finally, the research results showed that social capital has an indirect effect on the relationship between media literacy and family relationships.