The Effect of Web based Social Networks on the Religious Identity of Iranian Second and Third Decade, Students (Case Study; Hamedan Universities)

The research purpose is to investigate the effect of web based social networks on the religious identity of Iranian second and third decade (after Islamic revolution) students in Hamedan universities.
Research method is descriptive-analytical, and in the term of data collection method, is field method that via questionnaire data were collected and it's practical fromthe point of aim views. Researcher statistical population is 56000 students of BU-Ali-Sina, Islamic Azad University, and Hamedan PNU University, which by Bartlett table, 357 of them, randomly categorized for the study. The main research instrument was a researcher made questionnaire, and its validity was confirmed in content and structure. The questionnaire total reliability was 86.5%. Researcher's data were analyzed by AMOS22 and SPSS19.
The results of the study indicate that, in general, the total use of web-based, social network components explain 62% of religious identity changes. T-test result declare that, male students have more religious identity. Religious identity average and its components in students is above average 3, that emotional index occupied the leading place and is followed by believes indices, and consequences indices stay at the bottom of the list among religious identity indices.
There is a significant relation between social network consumer uses based on web and their religious identity.