The purpose of this study was to examine the role of loneliness in the tendency to use social media among senior high school students in Tehran. The research method was survey. The statistical population of the study was comprised of all secondary school students in Tehran and the sample size was 384 according to Cochran’s formula. The sample was drawn based on multi-stage cluster sampling meth...

Purpose. the purpose of this research is to analyze scientific information sharing of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz faculty in social networks.Method. This study which is conducted through quantitative and qualitative methods, is an applied research in terms of aim, and is of a descriptive-analytic type in nature. The population included all faculty members of Shahid Chamran Universi...

Introduction: All kinds of social networks have had profound and varied effects on the lives of people in human society, especially adolescents and young people. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between self-efficacy and addiction to social networks with the motivation of academic achievement in high school students in Tehran. Methods: The present study is descriptive-cor...

Introduction: The Covid-19 outbreak crisis in 2019 ushered in a new chapter in the development of virtual communication systems. Social networks can be considered one of the most successful tools in the field of information technology which always plays an important role in such situations. Availability, low cost, high reliability, popularity, and scalability are some of the key features of soc...

Background and Aim: This study tends to investigate the reasons of interpersonal trust and the results of trust in online scientific social networks. Methods: The applied Research has been used cluster sampling to collect data. The study population consisted of Shiraz university and Persian Gulf university faculties. A sampling of 269 person was determined by Morgan table according to whole pop...

Background and Aim. The promising outlook of easy communication incurring minimum cost has caused social networks to face increasing number of active members each day. These members develop and expand international communication through information sharing including personal information. Thus, big data analysis of social networks provides companies, organizations and governments with ample and ...

Background and Aim: Social networks that provide users with health data not only educate them but also play an active role in the health decision-making process. Health social networks, in addition to being a good tool for better patient communication with health care providers, can play an effective role in connecting similar patients with each other to receive social support. Social networkin...

Background and Aim: Considering the increasing number of users who interact with online social networks, it can be inferred that these networks have become an essential part of users' lives and play different roles in their everyday life. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the role of these networks in users' everyday-life information seeking. Method: This research is an applied resea...

Background and Objective: Recognizing effective factors influencing crime among adolescents and young people is very important in terms of the impact of religious orientation and emerging social networks. The aim of the present research was to compare the internal-external religious orientation and membership in social networks among young people with history of criminality and normal i...

This study was undertaken to determine the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and early maladaptive schemas in the use of virtual social networks among female students. In this correlational study, 398 Tehrani high school girls were selected during 2018-19 school year via Krejcie & Morgan table and stratified sampling method. The instruments included the Virtual Social Networks Use...