Sociological Study of the Relationship between New Media and Inter-Generational Gap between 20-28 Year Old Youth and their Parents

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between use of new media and intergenerational gap between young people and their parents in the city of Khalkhal. The theoretical framework of this study based on the theory of value change Ingelhart, Berger and Luckmann's sociology of knowledge, individualism Georg Simmel and levels is worth Bngstvn. This research method is descriptive and explanatory survey and the techniques of questionnaire and interview and observation- that has face validity and construct validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha of 70%) - were used to collect data. All 20-28 year old youth of Khalkhal and their parents (6489 persons) are the study population. The sample size of 364 was calculated by Cochran. Sampling and compilation of multi-stage cluster sampling is quota. The following results have been achieved based on the research hypotheses: The use of new media (independent variable) and the value gap, the gap attitudinal, behavioral gap and communication gap. There was a significant difference (0.01) in the generation gap among various groups of different socio-economic status and highSES groups had an average of 3.9357 greatest inter generational gap.