The impact of using virtual social networks on the national identity of iranian users: case study of Facebook and Telegram

The Interwoven and complex world of the twenty-first century wich is charecterized by unorganized and informal technologic progress, is facing a multiplicity of actors. The objective and subjective conflicts between sub-national actors such as ethnic groups, and supranatinal actors such as multinational companies and institutions And regional groups and associations is one of the features of current society. This, along with the awareness, knowledge, and information empowerment, are emerging as International and domestic agents of the world. The main question of this study is: what is the effect of internationalized media and virtual social networks, on the national identity (and in particular the sence of belonging to the Persian-language civilization ) of iranian users? It is hypothesized that using internatioalized media and virtual social networks Is a cause of reinforcing national idedntity, increasing the sence of belonging to persian civilization and returning to the mothers identity.