Investigating the Impact of Satellite Programs on the Incidence of Crime Among Adoles-Cents and Youth (Case of Study: Sari)

Today, human society with development and achievement to novel technologies is witnessing the ever-increasing presence of these technologies in their lives. The media play an important role in shaping the human personality and in long-term in the culture of society, audio-visual media, especially satellites are one of which has a profound impact on society and young people, which are one of the social pillars have significant effects on human personality. In our country, due to the young population and their growing tendency to use satellite pro-grams, concerns have raised about the possibility of mental health and psychological prob-lems. The emergence of a gap between ideals, values and facts is one of the most important negative consequences of communication tools, such as the tendency of young people and adolescents to diverse social deviations. The main goal of this paper is to study the negative effects and social and cultural consequences of satellite channels and its relation with social anomalies and social deviations in the field of security. The research method of this study is a descriptive survey. Documentary library method and questionnaire tool are used for collecting information using simple random sampling method. The results of the research are shown that there is a significant relationship between watching satellite programs with the age of the individuals and also crime in the place of residence.