The effect of internet on social norms and values among university students and higher education centers of Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the effect of the Internet on moral, spiritual and social values of university students and higher education centers of the Islamic Republic of Iran among students in Mazandaran. Methodology: The research has a practical purpose, descriptive method, survey ground and the population of this research are university students of and higher education centers in Mazandaran that were more than 100000 people. The sample included 384 people that have been determined according to the krejcie and Morgan table in a random and cluster way. Tool for data collection was 3 questionnaires. Also, to investigate the hypothesis of the study, data from questionnaires were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics (normality test and Spearman correlation coefficient test). Results: The results of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of the Internet and social situation. Conclusion: Also, there is a significant relationship between students‟ social values changes and use of the Internet. Further, there is a significant relationship between the change in social values and the social status of students. There is a significant difference between students' social values.