The impact of social media on the sense of effectiveness of the Islamic Consultative Assembly with emphasis on the cultural change

Document Type : Science - Research (Iranian Political issues)

Authors

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, I.R.Iran.

10.30497/pkn.2025.246366.3167

Abstract

The efficiency of the system or as some experts call it "secondary legitimacy" is one of the components without which economic, cultural and political development is not possible, and addressing this issue is very important because the disturbance in the citizens' sense of the efficiency of the system, progress It directly disrupts the system. In this regard, in this research, an attempt has been made to test the effects of social media on the sense of efficiency of the Islamic Council through secular-rational values and liberation values.
Objectives: The main objective of this research is to explain the mechanisms by which social media causes the formation of negative feelings about the functioning of the Islamic Council among citizens.
Question: The main and important question of this research is how social media, through the intensification of secular values and values of liberation, causes the formation of negative feelings about the performance of the Islamic Council among citizens.
Hypothesis: The important hypothesis of this research is that social media by intensifying secular values and values of liberation in society can cause the formation of negative feelings about the performance of the Islamic Council among citizens.
Method: The method of data analysis was quantitative and structural equation modeling using Amos software.
Results: In this context, first, the results of correlation matrix show that social media have a negative and significant relationship with the sense of efficiency of the Islamic Council and weaken this feeling among people. Second, the results of structural equation modeling show that social media has a significant and negative relationship with the sense of effectiveness of the Islamic Council through secular values and liberation, and has led to a decrease in the sense of effectiveness of the parliament by individuals. Is.

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  • Receive Date: 24 May 2024
  • Revise Date: 12 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 22 December 2024