Level of knowledge of students' parents about the educational role of cyberspace

The present article examines the level of knowledge of students' parents about cyberspace as well as their use of cyberspace and in its theoretical framework, Rogers's theory of "innovation” and Prater’s theory of "media literacy" have been used. This research has been done by survey method and a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population included 320,775 high school students in 19 educational areas of Tehran. Using the "Cochran" formula, 400 students were selected as the sample size and the questionnaires were randomly distributed among them. The results show that there is a significant inverse relationship between the socioeconomic status of parents and their level of knowledge of cyberspace. Also, according to the results of this study, there is a difference between parents and children in knowledge cyberspace; A difference that reflects the generation gap. Also, according to the findings of this study, since the level of media literacy of children is much higher than their parents, therefore, children otien replace cyberspace with parents in answering their questions. There is a difference that shows a generation gap. Also, according to the findings of this study, since the level of media literacy of students is much higher than their parents, so children otien replace cyberspace with parents in answering their questions