Relationship between Internet and Satellite Usage and legitimacy of political system among youth

Legitimacy is one of the fundamental bases of sustainability of political system. According to Beetham's definition; wherever power is achieved and applied according to justified rules and with evidence of consent, it can be called the right or legitimate power. Giddens argues that the legitimacy of the political systems under the impact of modern information and communication technology and its manifestations, such as Internet and satellites is suffering from insecurity and crisis. This paper studies relationship between Usage of Internet and Satellite and the rate of legitimacy of political system among youth. Analyzing mentioned relationship, survey research has been conducted among 376 youth (18-29 years old) in Khomein city by two-stages sampling. The results indicate that the proposed theoretical model has empirical support. So that there is relationship between quantitative and qualitative aspects of satellite usage which includes of average of usage during the week, access experience, usage type and usage pattern and between qualitative aspects of Internet usage which consists of usage type and pattern with rate of legitimacy of political system. According to the accepted definition of Beetham, the rate of legitimacy of political system in mentioned city is 0.59 percent.