Virtual Social Network's Type and Extent of Usage, A Case Study of Mash had's Azad University Students

The study of emerging social networks is an appealing topic for students and researchers majoring social communications sciences. The wide range of these community networks’ applications, from interpersonal to global relationships, has made them a tempting subject matter for media and community researches. Based on a survey carried out through descriptive methodology, the present paper aims to study the type and extent of usages Azad University students make from virtual social networks. Subjects of the study consisted of students from Mash’had Azad University, District 9. The data were gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire. The findings indicate that 55.3 percent of the students made little use of virtual social networks. There was a significant relationship between such indicators as diversity, level of trust, informing, easy access, gender, major and the level of using virtual social networks.