A Sociological study of socio-cultural dimensions of globalization and its effects on citizenship culture (case of study: citizens in Tehran)

Subject Areas : Urban Sociological Studies

Firooze khazaei koohpar ¹ , mahnaz ronaghi notash ² , shahla kazemipour ³

1 - Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University- Tehran Central Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant professor, Department of Communication, Islamic Azad University- Ardebil Branch, Ardebil, Iran
3 - Associate professor, Department of Demography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-06-29 Accepted : 2020-06-29 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: Globalization, Citizenship Culture, Social Responsibility, Social Participation,

Abstract :

The new era has been described as the globalization era. It's an all-embracing phenomenon with multiple dimensions that has crossed geographical borders and covered all countries. Thus, studying its outcomes and consequences is one of the most essential issues in social sciences. So, this paper aims to dp a sociological investigation of socio-cultural dimensions of globalization and its effects on citizenship culture. In doing so, 400 citizens, who were between 18 to 65 years old and resided in the city of Tehran were chosen by multi-clustere sampling. the data were gathered by questionnaire. Socio-cultural aspects of globalization were under consideration. The concept of citizenship culture was measured by such components as rule of law, social responsibility and social participation. The findings showed that there was significant relationship between socio-cultural dimensions of globalization and citizenship culture.  Based on multivariable regression ,the mass media has the most influence on citizenship culture.