farshad karami

Participation in elections, as one of the main pillars of religious democracy, increases the social capital of the system and strengthens the foundations of governance. Types of political participation arise from the social and cultural conditions in which people live and ethnicity as a cultural context is effective on various actions of individuals, including electoral participation, so in this article, the political participation among the ethnic groups of Fars province with emphasis on The elections of the Islamic Consultative Assembly has been covered. In the present study, according to the subject, logic, and purpose of the research, a quantitative approach and survey method was used, and the statistical population of the investigation included 600 citizens aged 18 and over in three cities of Shiraz, Noorabad, and Firoozabad (representatives of Fars, Lor, and Turk) is. The required data were collected using a questionnaire. The results show that offline and online political participation among the sample members is lower than average, however, in both variables, the ethnic context of cities has a significant positive relationship with political participation, which can be considered as a threat to democracy in Its all-encompassing meaning should be taken into account.

Part of the contemporary family's challenges relates to the parent-child relations, and the interaction of family members today is more than ever affected by the media and in particular by modern communication technologies. The present study is an attempt to understand the effect of using modern communication technologies on parenting and children relationships among students in Shiraz. The study was conducted quantitatively using a survey method. The statistical population of this study was high school students in Shiraz's 10 regions. Using a multi-stage random sampling method, 400 questionnaires were selected as sample and answered to the questionnaire. Family relations in this research have been evaluated in three dimensions of face-to-face relations, intimate relations and supportive relations. The results of the research indicate that there is a negative and significant relationship between Internet usage variables and face-to-face relations (-0/222), intimate relations (-0/155) and supportive relationships (-/160), but the findings did not show a significant relationship between the type of use of modern communication technologies (interactive and non-interactive) and the dimensions of parent-child relationships. The results of the study show that the different dimensions of parent-child relationship are reduced. By devoting more time to new media, there is less time to deepen the parent-child relationship.

This survey aims to explore the relationship between religiosity and health-oriented lifestyle among citizens of Shiraz. Islam as one of the divine religions contains lots of suggestion for its followers in order to achieve a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of different dimensions of religiosity (ritual, consequential, emotional, and belief) in health-oriented lifestyle. . The research methodology is a survey method. Shiraz citizens (15-59) are as statistical population of this research and the sample of this research was 384 people. The questionnaires have been used in ten regions of the city to collect data from citizens of Shiraz (15-59) which are the statistical population (n= 384). The results indicate that all dimensions of religiosity except emotional religiosity have a significant effect on health-oriented lifestyle. In general, independent variables are able to explain almost 27% of the dependent variable. Moreover, the consequence dimension has had the greatest effect, with beta equal to 0.323.

Divorce as one of the most serious social problems in recent years has affected Iranian society and created many challenges for the family as one of the main pillars of  the society. In one hand, divorce rates across the country, and on the other hand, in metropolitan areas such as Shiraz, have led us to look for social factors that affect it in Shiraz. The present study was carried out with a sociological approach among married citizens aged 15-59 years in Shiraz. The sample was 380 people that were selected using cluster sampling. Using social exchange theory, homogamy theory, roles theory, gender stratification, and social network theory, the research hypotheses were developed and tested.  The results indicated that independent variables could explain 62% of variations in tendency to divorce. From among all independent variables, the positive perception of divorce (B=0.404), sexual and emotional satisfaction (B=-0.184), surrounding people’s interference (B=0.160) and being female (B=0.115), respectively have had the greatest impact on divorce tendency. The positive perception of divorce as the most important factor indicates that people's mentality (attitude) has a great influence on the divorce tendency. Moreover, multiple regressions showed that homogamy, unmet expectations, duration of marriage, age, couple's education, number of children and spouse income did not have any significant effect on divorce tendency.

Delinquent tendencies and behavior similar any other normal behaviors are learned on a set of interactions and communication individuals have; and in an era where most of individual's interactions and communication are mediated by a range of different media, the study of media role on deviant tendencies and behaviors is essential. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mass and interactive media usage and tendency to delinquency among the high school students in Bastak city. A survey was conducted, a sample of 401 students (200 boys & 201 girls) from Bastak's high schools was selected randomly and the data was gathered by questionnaire.
The results showed that there are significant correlations between the quantity and content of media usage and student's delinquent tendencies. So that, there was a direct and significant correlations between satellite television's programs, violent and exciting content in domestic television, exciting and violent games with student's delinquent tendencies.

This article presents research-based evidence to examine patterns and determinants associated with childbearing desires in Iran. The sample includes 2878 people aged 15 and above living in the rural and urban areas of Ahvaz, Babolsar, Bojnord, Gonbad Kavos, Mahmoudabad and Hamadan. Generally speaking, the research findings indicate an increasing generational gap in childbearing desires. While such patterns as childlessness and one-child model are not accepted, the two-child model is the most visible pattern of childbearing desire. The findings support the gender convergence suggesting that men and women share close childbearing desires. However, childbearing desires vary substantially by attitudes towards gender roles.

In contemporary sociological debates, the concept of social capital is as a rich theoretical concept with e dense research findings and Because of its association with different dimensions of development in the society, social and political policymakers have focused on investigation of its role on development. With this regard, the aim of the survey is to study the association between participation in religious communities and social capital among residents in Shiraz city. Using multi-stage cluster sampling method 410 participants (196 male, 214 female) randomly selected and answered to the questionnaire. The results show between participation in religious communities and the different dimensions of social capital such as social cohesion, inter-group trust and institutional trust there is a significant positive correlation, except social participation findings also show that correlation with institutional trust is stronger than other dimensions. This means that with increased participation in religious communities, participant's social capital increases. The investigators suggest future research to analyze the content of the messages in religious communities can also affect different dimension of social capital.