A Sociological Study of New Virtual Networks on Personal and Social Life (Case study: citizens of Shahrreza)

Virtual social networks in terms of popularity among internal users, interacting privately and free of any control by the authorities, have become an unmatched device in the field of communication and have created an area of influence outside government control and institutions of power in society. This study aims to investigate the sociological effects of new virtual network on personal and social life of citizens of Shahrreza and in terms of type, usage, breadth, scope, wisdom and time is cross-sectional. The method of the study is field study with the techniques of survey and the method of data collection is questionnaire. Statistical population includes all individuals over 18 in Shahrreza and the sample size is 382. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between new virtual networks as the independent variable and family relationships, deformation of the peer groups, and the way of spending the leisure time, feeling human deprivation, social contribution and social health, the moods of individuals as the dependent variable. The results indicate that the new virtual networks has correlation with family relationships (-021/), deformation of the peer groups (037/), human emotions (-027/), social contribution (-034/), social health (017/), moods of individuals (-024/) and has no correlation with way of spending the leisure time.