Investigating the relationship between the use of virtual social networks and social order in the family

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Maryam Aghel ¹ , Afsaneh Edrysi ² , AbdulReza Adhami ³

1 - PhD student of Cultural Sociology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Sociology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-06-25 Accepted : 2023-06-25 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: سرمایه اقتصادی, سرمایه فرهنگی, Cultural capital, economic capital, Virtual social networks, نظم اجتماعی در خانواده, شبکه‎های اجتماعی مجازی, Social order in the family,

Abstract :

Through dialogue and communication and verbal interaction, the family can maintain the emotional bond between its members and fulfill its most important function, which is the transfer of values and socialization of children, through various ways such as oral culture. The expansion of people's communication in virtual social networks and the replacement of this space in families instead of the real space and face-to-face communication of people has disturbed the order in the family. Therefore, in this research, the effect of using virtual social networks as the main independent variable, as well as the effect of cultural capital and economic capital as an independent intervening variable on social order in the family is investigated. The purpose of this research is to investigate cultural and economic capital and social order on social networks. The current research is descriptive-causal and survey methodology. The unit of observation is the individual. The level of analysis is micro. In terms of time, the current research is cross-sectional. The tool required in this research is a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the research includes married citizens of Tehran, 384 of whom were selected as a sample. The sample was selected by combining cluster sampling and disproportionate classification. The analysis of the results showed that social order has a significant correlation with the use of virtual social networks, the intensity of this relationship is weak and the direction of the relationship between the two variables is direct. In other words, with the increase in the use of social networks, social order increases and vice versa. The results showed that with increasing use of social networks, increasing cultural capital and increasing economic capital, social order in the family increases and vice versa. Also, social order is more in the group of women than men, and social order also increases with age and vice versa.