Relationship Between the Amount and Type of Media Consumption (Radio and Television) with the Life Skills of Tehran Citizens

The present study was designed and conducted to investigate and study the relationship between the amount and type of media consumption (radio and television) with the life skills of Tehran citizens. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method and its measuring tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population includes all citizens living in Tehran, which according to the last census in 2016 and according to the statistics available on the website of the Statistics Center of Iran is 8,693,706 people. Research questionnaires were distributed through a google form among a sample of 396 people, distributed, collected, and after the necessary controls, data were analyzed using SPSS. Findings showed that among the eight areas surveyed, Tehran citizens in the use of radio have given the first priority to the field of news and information and the second priority have given to the field of sports, and in the use of television the first priority have given to the film and series and the second priority has been given to news, roundtables and news conferences. Findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between radio and television media consumption and 18 life skills. This means that there is a significant relationship between the amount of listening to the radio and watching TV during the day and night, as well as between the type of use of radio and television with some components of life skills. Therefore, it is suggested to the staff, program makers and officials of radio and television media to take full advantage of this opportunity and capacity to create, strengthen and improve the level of life skills of citizens.