The Study of Relation Between Internet Usage and Societal Security Feeling (Case Study University of Kerman)

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This study argues about societal security feeling which one the human's essential needs is in this period of time when communication and information is its necessary appliance. So globalization in general and cultural globalization in special is one of the factors that have endangered societal security. Internet is one of the cultural globalization supplies that can weaken the societal security filling. The theoretical base of this study is consisted of Copenhag school theories Masoud Chalabi;s theory according to '(AGOL) Parsons'. We also used Gidens' theory and theories about the effects of media in order to investigate the effect of internet on societal security feeling. This study has been performed over a sample of 349 students of Bahonar university of Kerman by method of sampling proportional to size. In order to study of societal security feeling we divided it into identical security, cultural security, intellectual security and communicational security. The result of this study indicate that there is a relation between the rate of internet usage. History of internet usage and societal security feeling. Also there is a relation between the kind and the rate of internet usage, and societal security feeling and finally there is a relation between the model of internet usage and societal security feeling. That means the student who have adjective internet usage and filtered sites; they have lower societal security feeling than the order.

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Journal of Culture-Communication Studies
Volume 14, Issue 22 - Serial Number 54
September 2013
Pages 53-89

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