Typology of Different Iranian Families’ Close Encounter with Cyberspace during the Corona Virus Outbreak

There is no general consensus among all the experts on one comprehensive definition of the family; however, it is certain that family is the smallest and, at the same time, the strongest social unit. Today, the strength of the family is subject to many changes, including the technological ones. Cyberspace has become the bedrock of mass changes in the family. Few families in the world, especially during the peak of Covid19 pandemic  are left out of the interaction with cyberspace. This study is a qualitative research that, through content analysis method, has dealt with the typology of Iranian families’ encounter with the cyberspace during the outbreak of Corona Virus. The major basis of the analysis is the attention paid to the issue of "discourse" in the field of family and that any change in family discourse actually means a change in the structures, functions, and laws of the family. The most important discourses emphasized in this study are the discourse of "Iranian-Islamic family" as the basis discourse and that of "Western family" as the discourse influencing the basis discourse. Also, three discourses of "traditional family", "follow-up user family”, and "active user family" are identifiable. The expansion of justice in order to cover the weaknesses of the traditional family discourse in the development of media literacy and covering the shortcomings of the follow-up user family discourse is expanding the media culture. The discourse of the active user family also requires the supportive-developmental approaches.