Pathology of mobile based virtual social networks in the field of religious nurturance (Case study: high school students in Tabriz)

The aim of this study is the pathology of relationships between uses of mobile based social networks with religious education of students. The main question is that, how using of mobile based social networks affect student’s religious nurturance. The survey conducted using a researcher-made questionnaire based on cultivation, use and satisfaction theory and the Glidden's theory of structuration. The respondents of this research are Tabriz high school students who use virtual social network. Research findings indicate that, there is an inverse correlation between membership, active using and the real treat of virtual social networks contents with religious nurturance of students, that mean that the more membership, the more students actively and objective using of mobile based social networks and their real treat of virtual social network contents, the less religious nurturance of them.