The Degree of Practical Adherence to Religion and its Relation to the Type and the Amount of Media Use (Case study: Dehloran City Teachers)

Clarifying the role of the media in the amount of practical adherence of Dehloran city teachers to religion this research has been conducted. According to Morgan's table, the sample size of 300 was calculated, which were selected by the sampling method (gender and educational level). The data gathering tool was a composite questionnaire made by researcher and others, which was confirmed by the experts, the reliability of the questionnaire "the degree of practical adherence to religion" was calculated and used according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.71). The findings showed a significant difference in the rate of "adherence to religion" of respondents, with regard to their "gender" and "educational level". Accordingly, there were no significant differences between the respondents in terms of "practical adherence to religion", considering the other variables of the study, as well as the type and the extent of media use. Finally, only the "primary and secondary level" and "gender" variables were able to enter into the Regression model of the determining factors of "adherence to religion", and determine the amount of 4.6 percent of its variation.