The Relationship between Piety and Mass Media, and Security Feeling in Zahedan

Security and the concept of security feeling as a vital and important issue is a multidimensional variable. In the present era, more than any other period, security is considered as one of the basic needs for human life. This concept has two dimensions: objective and subjective. The main purpose of the present study was investigating the subjective dimension, i.e. the security feeling among the citizens of Zahedan and its relationship with religiosity and mass media and some contextual variables. The present research is of survey type. The data collection tool is a self-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the study consists of citizens living in Zahedan. Cluster sampling method of probability proportional to size (PPS) was used to select the samples. The sample size was 384 people. The research findings show there is a positive and significant correlation between piety and security feeling; however, with regard to the relationship between the use of mass media and the security feeling, it is stated that the use of mass media has a significant relationship with the dimensions of the security feeling (financial, chastity and moral). Of course, it has direct impact on both financial and moral dimensions, while it has reverse impact on chastity. However, in general, in all dimensions, the above hypothesis does not confirm that using mass media affects the security feeling. The results of multiple regressions also indicate that the overall independent variables explain 10.9% of the changes in the dependent variable (security feeling).