Dual Effects of Mass Media on Promoting Social Abnormality among Bushehr Province Youth

This study is to determine the dual effects of mass media (print media, electronic and digital) among Bushehr province youth and determine the print media, electronic and digital mass media role in promoting or preventing social abnormality. Methodology was together with a survey of a cross correlation between the advance. To collect the data two questionnaires about the media and demographic characteristics were used. Findings indicate that the most of youth use domestic television networks (92.2 percent) and satellite networks (77.9 percent). But between the two groups of boys and girls in terms of the media, there was no significant difference. Combined analysis of variance showed that the domestic and foreign media in promoting social and injury prevention, there is a significant difference. It was later found that the role of the media in promoting higher than average 30.50 proactive role social media damage is average 22.28. In males, the satellite networks, local television, video games, internal, external Internet sites, and local radios are the best predictors of their attitudes to social harm. The study showed that the frequency used by most media, local TV and media most used by the average number of hours, the satellite network. Also, 22% of the variance in the attitude of young girls and 18 boy's attitudes to social damage variance can be explained by the media.