The investigation of intellectuals’ social and cultural activities in virtual social networks and its impact on student political culture

  • Mohammad Reza Anvari Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Seyed Ali Rahmanzadeh Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mohammad Bagher Tajeddin Department of Social Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Sarvenaz Torbati Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Intellectuals, virtual social networks, political culture, students of science and research in Tehran

Abstract

The present research is an applied one in terms of goals and in terms of the nature and type of study as a qualitative research and is an interpretative study that uses phenomenological research strategy to explain and interpret the essence of experience from the phenomenon of intellectuals’ social and cultural activities in virtual social networks and deep knowledge of this phenomenon on students' political culture. The results show that the role of intellectuals as conscious people and awakened conscience of society, whether in civil institutions and non-political social organizations, or in the state of belonging to political parties and political organizations, generally as individuals belonging to a social stratum, in some form it affects the political culture of the community, and contributes in the dynamics and awakening of the students' social and political consciousness, ultimately to the formation of national thought and feelings.

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Author Biographies

Mohammad Reza Anvari, Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

PhD in Communication Sciences at Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Seyed Ali Rahmanzadeh, Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Assistant Professor at Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Bagher Tajeddin, Department of Social Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Assistant Professor at Department of Social Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Sarvenaz Torbati, Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Assistant Professor at Department of Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

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Published
2018-04-30
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Anvari, M., Rahmanzadeh, S., Tajeddin, M., & Torbati, S. (2018). The investigation of intellectuals’ social and cultural activities in virtual social networks and its impact on student political culture. Amazonia Investiga, 7(13), 123-132. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/502
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