The Relation Between Watching Mazandaran Provincial TV Network & Internalization of the Indigenous Culture of the Province

Regarding the expansion of Social & Satellite networks, indigenous cultures of Iran are in danger of being forgotten. Since one of the main functions of domestic networks is to convey cultural heritage, the provincial networks carry this mission of paying adequate attention to the features of indigenous identity & culture. The main objective of this research is to recognize the relation between watching provincial TV networks with the internalization of endemic culture in the province. Methodology of the research is to survey based on multistage cluster sampling. 15 residents of Sari were chosen as statistical population which 400 of them were selected for sampling by Cochran formula. Considering the findings of the research, there is a direct relation between watching domestic TV & internalization of indigenous culture which is apparently strong.