Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract Cyberspace has now become a part of the daily lives of more than 67 Iranian users; this study aims to gain a better understanding of the impact of Web 2 technologies on society and the actions of Iranian users in cyberspace. Methodologically, this research is of secondary analysis type, and the studied sample is 732 articles published in social sciences in the period of 2002 to 2021. The findings of this study show that Web 2 technologies weaken the religious and national identities and family values of Iranian users. These technologies also increase social relations, social capital and political participation of Iranian users. On the other hand, "emergent social problems and phenomena" have arisen in cyberspace, such as Internet addiction, cyber crime, virtual mourning, virtual pilgrimage, etc.

Abstract  This research intends to read "Sayed Fakhreddin Shadman"'s idea of modernity and its issues in the framework of Laclau and Mouffe's theory of discourse analysis, what negative or positive approach to modernity, and its origin in the West, is formed in Shadman's discourse. And what a system of meanings and concepts it has created in the face of modernity and the resulting identity gaps. He formulates his question and answer about how this confrontation and absorption or rejection of the necessities and times of Western civilization in the book Conquest of Western Civilization in the 1320s, and believes in modernity guided and planned in the chain of indigenous discourses. The progress of the West is limited to its science, and this knowledge must be acquired before the other elements of the aggressive Western culture can subjugate the subjects of the traditional socio-cultural situation and deprive them of the content of their identity. Shadman does not consider the project of conquering Western civilization possible except with self-awareness and national unity, which he considers both possible by elaborating on the central sign of the Persian language as a representation of national identity and wisdom, and tries to create a defining character in Persian. Raise the scattered from its humble, modernized or traditionalized position to a cohesive and integrated position of the conscious and original self, so that the subject can localize modernity through this self-awareness and free Iran from the situation of domination and conquest of the West.

Abstract The internet is a new medium with a different nature than its predecessors while at the same time it contains almost all of their functions within its reach. Thus, the internet brings about social changes more considerably among the young generation who have, as in elsewhere, proved to be the primary internet users in Iran. This situation offers the possibility of shaping a globally recognized 'Y generation' in Iran. The members of Y generation are those who have become acquainted with new Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) from their early teenage and now are moving towards the end of their twenties. In the present article, we will see how effectively the Iranian youth have exploited the communicative capabilities of internet. Based on particular characteristics of the Iranian society, different social groups found internet a suitable site for self-presentation and establishment of communication networks. To achieve their social and cultural ends, Iranian women have enjoyed the facilities of the internet - sometimes even over-reaching the men in their usage. The internet has paved the way for the emerging of new kinds of norm-breakings which could not be dealt with by traditional methods. By the recent years, the internet has been exploited as an effective medium for promotion and diffusion of religion among the Iranian youth. This study, using the methodology of meta-analysis, reveals that the Internet has been influential, if not to say central, in shaping an 'Iranian Y generation'. Furthermore, we have elaborated the characteristics of this Iranian Y generation.