The Study of Relationship between Modern Media Usage and Tendency to Delinquency: (Case Study: High School Students in Bastak City)

Delinquent tendencies and behavior similar any other normal behaviors are learned on a set of interactions and communication individuals have; and in an era where most of individual's interactions and communication are mediated by a range of different media, the study of media role on deviant tendencies and behaviors is essential. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mass and interactive media usage and tendency to delinquency among the high school students in Bastak city. A survey was conducted, a sample of 401 students (200 boys & 201 girls) from Bastak's high schools was selected randomly and the data was gathered by questionnaire.
The results showed that there are significant correlations between the quantity and content of media usage and student's delinquent tendencies. So that, there was a direct and significant correlations between satellite television's programs, violent and exciting content in domestic television, exciting and violent games with student's delinquent tendencies.