A Sociological Study of the New Social Network's Role in the Legal Identity of the Young Users (Case of Study: Secondary School Students in Tabriz, 2015)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of new social networks in the legal aspect of identity of young citizens. For this purpose, the legal aspect identity of the citizen that has several components contains the civil, political and cultural examined among users of these networks. In this study, survey method was used, so using the techniques of interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data, validity by Cronbach's alpha 912 /. Was estimated in the study sample consisted of 372 subjects stratified sampling among 16- to 18 -year-old city of Tabriz were selected. The new social network user youth less than 1 to more than 6 hours a day were using. Also, the identity of young citizens in the legal aspect was considered moderate, and between the use of social networking with civil and political components of the legal aspect identity of the citizen were correlation negative linear average, and between the use of social networking with the legal aspect of the cultural component identity of the citizen was observed a positive linear correlation. The types and use of social networks by users on the identity of the citizens of their rights have been effective. Users who were using more of the social network in the components of culture were more flexible and more open. But in front of the civil and political elements were critics & opposites.