The Impact of Messaging Services on the Social Interaction Patterns of the Teenage Girl Students of the Non-profit Schools of Region 1 of the Education Administration of Tehran

The improvements in global technology witnessed the advent and popularity of online messaging services and their influence on the lives of users of every age groups. The purpose of the present article is to examine the impacts of Telegram and Instagram messaging services on the social interactions of the teenage girl students of the non-profit schools in region 1 of the Education Administration of Tehran. The statistical society of the study consists of 2401 teenage girls between 13 and 15 years old from region 1 (Shemiranat) of which 330 girls have been sampled in two phases: first, by cluster random sampling from 23 high schools, and second, by simple random sampling from students of the sampled schools. The research method is descriptive survey. The data has been gathered by a questionnaire with 30 seven-option multiple-choice questions, the validity and reliability of which are well approved. The gathered data were analyzed with SPSS and descriptive and deductive statistic methods. The findings indicate that Telegram and Instagram messaging services are influential in the social interaction patterns of the teenage girl students of the non-profit schools in region 1 of the Education Administration of Tehran and all six hypotheses of the research are approved