Examining Relationship between Media Consumption and Lifestyle A case study of Isfahan University students

This paper addresses the way mass media interacts with individuals’ lifestyle in the society. It is based on a survey of Isfahan University students in the academic year of 1390-91 (Iranian Calendar) with a sample of 138 individuals. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between press media consumption and cultural consumption and immoral behaviors as well as political and religious aspects of individuals’ personality. Furthermore, there is a positive relationship between electronic media consumption and individuals’ lifestyle (except for immoral behaviors). The relationship between digital media consumption and cultural, political aspects of individuals’ lifestyle is 95% significant. There is a negative relationship between digital media consumption and the religious dimension of “solidarity”; however, this relationship with respect to other aspects of solidarity lifestyle is positive.