The Relationship between Watching Persian-Language Serial Satellite Channels and Social Capital of Women in Tehran; Case Study of GEM TV

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Persian language serials of GEM TV and social capital of women living in Tehran. The research method is a questionnaire measurement tool. The statistical population consisted of women residing in Tehran (3452637 people) and a sample size of 384 people. The showed that there are 21.1% of social capital respondents at low level, 61.2% in the middle level and 17.7% at high levels and 39.4 % of the respondents with entertainment motives and follow patterns in interactions watch the Persian language satellite Channels of the GEM TV. Also, the results indicate that there is a meaningful relationship between watching Persian-language satellite channels of GEM TV with social capital (r = -0.64), structural capital (r = -0.64), cognitive capital (r = -0.63), and Relative capital (r = -0.56) among women in Tehran and between motivation (r = -0.44) and between attitude toward Persian language satellite Channels of GEM TV and social capital of women in Tehran (r = 0.44). There is a significant relationship between marital statuses, age, education, motivation and type of attitude and rate of watching of Persian-language serial of GEM TV and women, with diploma education, are more likely to watch Persian-language satellite channels of GEM TV than other groups.